December 24, 2009 07:22 PM UTC

Hey- rogue staffer! Are you out there?

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• by: MADCO

You did such a great job explaining reconciliation* and the Senate filibuster rules**, can you  explain the conference committee?

Now that the Senate and House have passed healthcare legislation, but not the same healthcare legislation, can you explain what happens next?

I read the “conference committee” entry on wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C…

But now what?

Who will the members of the committee be? How are they chosen? Do they get t-shirts or hats?  What can they do? When they’ve done whatever they do, is there another vote in the House and Senate?  Would that be a 60 votes required in the Senate, or regular old majority rules?

Thanks

*reconciliation

http://coloradopols.com/showDi…

**filibusted

http://coloradopols.com/diary/…