Signing Ceremony, Tuesday 11:15am, Dept of Interior....

[Clio the Leo]

(subject to change)

http://twitter.com/mikeallen/status/10886514137

[kestrel91316]

1. EAST ROOM OF WH. NOT Dept of Interior.

[Clio the Leo]

2. No, it got changed...

http://twitter.com/locamama/status/10886754706

lol ... not that it matters to any of us! ... as far as I'm concerned, the bill signing is at my house, because that's where I'll be when I watch it. :)

[CakeGrrl]

3. I want one of those pens!

:)

[Clio the Leo]

6. It's easy.....

... run for Congress, get elected, draft a bill and get it passed!

Easy Peasy!!! lol

Wonder if they sell them at the WH?

[rasputin1952]

15. LOL...

You read my mind...:D

[liberalpragmatist]

4. Why Dept. of the Interior?

:shrug:

[Clio the Leo]

7. logistics I guess. NT

[jtrockville]

5. I'm confused :(

Does the bill passed by the House last night become law tomorrow when Obama signs it, even before the Senate does their song-and-dance?

[cilla4progress]

8. I'm totally confused right along with you -

and waiting for an explanation here or on NPR!

[Clio the Leo]

9. Yep. The reconciliation bill will just improve it/make it less icky. NT

[DFLforever]

10. The Senate bill will become law when signed tomorrow

and the 2nd bill of reconciliation measures will become law once the Senate agrees to them and the Pres signs.

[cilla4progress]

11. Right, OK

Pres. signs bill that was passed last night, on Tues.

This signed bill - now law - goes to Sen. for pre-agreed upon "fixes".

Pres. signs again? What are the fixes --- e.g., what is being reconciled?

[jtrockville]

12. I guess we'll find out details of what the Senate is doing in the coming days.

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. No. They are two separate bills

Bill#1 passed yesterday becomes law when the President signs it, because the Senate ALREADY passed it.

A SECOND bill (Bill #2), which the Senate has not passed yet, contains the fixes provided by the House for Bill#1. It's a completely separate bill. So, the Senate has to vote on it. Even if Bill#2 fails in the Senate, Bill#1 is law as soon as the President signs it.

But Bill #2 will pass the Senate through reconciliation, at which point IT (Bill#2) will go to the President for signature, at which point it will become law, thereby modifying Bill#1 (which will already be law).

[cilla4progress]

16. Got it.

So if the stuff hits the fan on bill #2, basically, we have the Senate bill (#1) as HCR.

So reconciliation wasn't needed / used on bill #1, but for bill #2. In this setting, does reconciliation have its usual meaning, or is it a term of art relative to Senate procedures?

[tallahasseedem]

13. The real question is...

where can I get one of those pens? ;)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

17. Has Obama ever had any kind of public address from the Oval Office?

I realize that's not suitable for a signing ceremony.

But every time I've watched him give a speech I noticed it's not from the Oval Office.

Have I just missed them? Does he object to using the Oval Office for some reason? Is he waiting for something really big?