[dblshot]

I guess “originate in” is just some old dead white guys way of saying whatever.

[Kackikat]

lol

[Calvin Locke]

I'm pretty sure Dole got away with it once, during the Reagan years.

Always bothered me, along with the FAA raising a tax in anticipation of
the law allowing it, around the same time.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Yes, he can initiate this bill in the senate. The constitutional prohibition is against bills that initiate new revenue.

Passing a bill that DOESN’T change existing law doesn’t count, even if that existing law allows tax cuts to expire.

BTW, the Boehner “bill” is actually an amended Senate bill. The reason for this is because, as a Senate bill, it didn’t “originate in the house”. Therefore, the Senate can’t amend it to add new taxes.

It’s a clever little trick that nobody seems to be talking about.