Montana Sen. Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, met with reporters Tuesday and told them that the Senate could make “minor” changes to the health care legislation signed by President Barack Obama. That would mean, of course, that it would be sent back to the House and the president would have to sign it again (this time, presumably, in front of fewer cameras). From TPM:
“Anything is possible. We’ve constructed this thing so well … maybe one or two but they’re so minor they’re almost not even worth mentioning,” Baucus said.
Any changes to the bill, even minor, will send it back to the House for another vote there before it can go to the president’s desk.