• Armand1@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    According to the article, it has not been ratified yet, but will be voted on this coming week.

    • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 minutes ago

      This is a little pedantic, but ratify isn’t the right term here. That’s usually reserved for treaties or constitutional amendments and reflects, I think, a certain level of finality. I think “passed into law” has a different meaning, and it will still need to go to the Senate even if it passes the House this coming week.

      I think the reason I’m being pedantic is because this is only a bill that has *passed* and therefore it would only require a simple majority to rescind. Democrats need to be held to the fire on it, if this passes into law, if/when they win back the houses.