Just a quick update on the House's effort to reinstate Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) legislation. The full House passed H.R. 2920 this afternoon by a 265-166 vote. 24 Republicans joined with 241 Democrats to pass the bill by a pretty wide margin. Only 13 Democrats opposed the legislation.

While this is a significant achievement and may help to get health care reform legislation over a final hurdle ($) in the House, the Senate is unlikely to bring up the House passed bill. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) is opposed ($) to the House's system for reinstating PAYGO.

Added 7/23/09: the CBO weighs in on the cost of the PAYGO bill that the House passed (which contained slightly different language than the originally proposed bill).

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