Will Final Health Care Bill be posted online for at least 72 hours before vote on House floor?

hey erik - lets say the house passes a bill before the end of 2009. the senate doesn't pass one nor vote on the one the house passed in 2009. is the house bill then dead? meaning in 2010 they have to pass it again.

DD> I'm not certain.
The current congress, the 111th United States Congress, runs from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011 consisting of 2, 1 year sessions.

I believe that a bill is 'alive' for the length of the 111th, not just the 1st or 2nd session.

But, I'm gonna have to dig.

To add further clarification about this question, my intentions are for the "final bill" to be the one being voted on today Saturday 11-7-09 in the House of Representatives. If the house does not come to a final vote today, I still wish for the outcome of this question to refer to the same bill scheduled to be voted on today. If for some reason, the bill is not voted on and then becomes drastically altered, changed or amended, then I would encourage the administrator of this question to contact me by email so that we can decide the best course of action together.

More info than I can begin to digest, is shown here:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/11/the_house_health_care_debate_w.html
The House begins debate at 9 a.m. Saturday on a massive health-insurance overhaul, with a final vote expected by the evening. In the intervening hours, there will be several key moments that will provide a foreshadowing of the final outcome.

DD> A bill is indeed 'alive' for the length of the 111th Congress, not just the 1st or 2nd session.

It will be interesting to see how House Republicams vote on the ‘Stupak amendment’, an amendment sponsored primarily by Representative Bart Stupak, Democrat of Michigan, who led a group of 40 Democrats that wrote a letter to Ms. Pelosi expressing their concerns about the abortion issue.

If this amendment becomes part of HR3962 it would be probable that those previously mentioned 40 Democrats would vote in favor of the bill.

If the amendment fails, many of those 40 would oppose final passage.

How will Republicans vote (if at all) on the Stupak amendment, which they favor?

erik - thanks!

http://www.slco.lib.ut.us/law-statute-bill-what.htm

http://thehive.modbee.com/?q=node/11173

probably should suspend this...

DD> Yes sir.

How will Republicans vote (if at all) on the Stupak amendment, which they favor

The measure was approved, 240 to 194, as 64 Democrats joined 176 Republicans to back the change.

wheres newt when you need him? defeat the amendment, likely the bill don't pass. oh well win some lose some. one step closer to seeing if the fed govt can mandate people to buy health insurance.

In re to my post #5:

“In the run-up to a final vote, conservatives from the two political parties joined forces to impose tough new restrictions on abortion coverage in insurance policies to be sold to many individuals and small groups. They prevailed on a roll call of 240-194.

Ironically, that only solidified support for the legislation, clearing the way for conservative Democrats to vote for it.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul

I’m truly suprised that Republicans voted for this measure.
I figured that the Republicans had the Democrats in a corner.
If the Stupak amendment failed, the consevative Dems (don’t laugh, bear with me, please) would be prone to vote against 3962.
As the article states, “Ironically, that only solidified support for the legislation, clearing the way for conservative Democrats to vote for it.”

Am I the only one that saw this, or am I missing something?