One of the options being seriously talked about tonight is to pass a placeholder bill (in the form of the skinny repeal), and then let conference flesh it out. However, the Senate has a standing rule that, among other things, says that if a conference report contains matters that were not in either version of the bill sent to conference, a point of order can be raised, which, as I understand it, requires 60 votes to waive.
So the question is, how different does something have to be to be considered a separate "matter?" Is it good enough to simply have a bill about health care, or does the bill need to have provisions touching on all aspects of the ACA that might end up being dealt with in the conference report?
So the question is, how different does something have to be to be considered a separate "matter?" Is it good enough to simply have a bill about health care, or does the bill need to have provisions touching on all aspects of the ACA that might end up being dealt with in the conference report?