"Who's going to pay the house bills?
Texas house bills 2481 and 2482 opened the channel for state dollars through "partnership" schemes.
Q: Is the notion to get individual house bills by August and then conference in September?
A final House bill is not being written yet, however, pending word from the Department of Transportation, Mr. Florio said.
Fifty-one Democratic members of the Senate, a majority, published a letter pledging to vote against the house bill.
It shows that the electric lighting accounted for almost US$64 of the monthly house bill.
By contrast, an earlier House bill, H.R. 1, would have slashed NIH's budget by $1.6 billion to $29.5 billion.
Republican Jeff Siddoway, who chairs the Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee, where the house bill moves to next, favors a different approach.
The house bill was nearly identical to what the university was proposing and had full university support.
HOUSE BILL - REDUCES COSTS OVER LONG TERM: Encourages payment reforms that can help lower costs.
HOUSE BILL - PROTECTS SMALL BUSINESSES: The bill exempts 86% of businesses from the requirement to provide coverage.
