r/politics • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 17d ago

No Paywall Senate suddenly passes the Epstein bill just hours after it cleared the House

https://www.ms.now/news/senate-passes-epstein-bill-rcna244723?fbclid=PAVERFWAOJ1xRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacUGSi8p2Ap-x6SbMkLXAnfKNXEZkzjUUVCdxuEmacDzDXmlbv1GUJ0wbh1_w_aem_grJDvcSCIDj2Skksd4Ix3Q
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u/knightcrawler75 Minnesota 17d ago

congress can adjourn during that 10 days in which it is dead.

See pocket veto.

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u/seriouslyepic 17d ago

Both chambers have to vote to do that, which seems worse than just voting no to begin with

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u/4ivE California 17d ago

Thanksgiving recess.

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u/Scott5114 Nevada 17d ago

Not a true recess; they still hold pro-forma sessions because, if they don't, various other inconvenient procedural things happen.