There’s dissension concerning whether the House’s approval yesterday of a bill sponsored by Fifth-District Representative Virginia Foxx was purely symbolic, or actually had meaning. As we told you yesterday afternoon, the bill passed overwhelmingly, by a 270-to-155 margin. Congresswoman Foxx says the joint resolution now goes to the Senate for consideration, but national media are reporting the action by the Senate last week has already preempted the House move. Foxx, in an interview with 3WC’s Angela Henley yesterday, said the passage still sent a strong message:
She went on to explain the lack of oversight in the bailout bill:
The confusion over the meaning of the vote comes from Senate action approving the bailout payment last week. But Foxx believes that because fiscal bills are required by the Constitution to originate in the House, the Senate will have to hold another vote to support or deny the House’s action.
