Art. I, Sec. 7

[Douglas Laycock]

I have been wondering about this.  Did  the Senate originate the bill on the tax compromise? Or did it amend some pre-existing bill sent over by the House?

If the former, is the theory that they were cutting taxes and not raising taxes?  It is "all bills for raising revenue" that must originate in the House.

On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:32:19 -0800 (PST)
 Daniel Hoffman <guayiya at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>Has the Court held that the requirement that revenue bills "originate" in the House means that they must be first introduced there, not that they must be first passed there?

Douglas Laycock
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