The way I read it, the health care bill appears to be halfway to passage. Look at this legislative process stages summary below, this article, and this graphic from the New York Times to determine if I'm right. I think we're on step 9 of 18. God help us.
The Stages of the Legislative Process
1. Bill introduction
2. Referral to committee(s)
3. Committee hearings
4. Committee mark-up
5. Committee report
6. Scheduling legislation
7. House: special rules, suspension of the rules, or privileged matter
8. Senate: unanimous consent agreements or motions to proceed
9. Floor debate
10. Floor amendment
11. Vote on final passage
12. Reconciling differences between the house and senate
13. Amendments between the houses, or
14. Conference committee negotiations
15. Floor debate on conference report
16. Floor vote on conference report
17. Conference version presented to the president
18. President signs into law or allows bill to become law without his signature
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