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David Hawkings’ Whiteboard: How Two Bills Become One Law

By David Hawkings and Thomas McKinless and Sara Wise

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Members of the House and Senate will be going to conference committee to iron out the many differences between the two chambers’ tax bills. However, this means of hashing things out is divergent from the norm. Roll Call senior editor David Hawkings explains the various means Congress has used to reconcile disagreements between House and Senate versions of a bill.

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