Comment by lern_too_spel
5 days ago
Except for a few types of bills that customarily originate in the house, most bills are introduced roughly simultaneously in both houses so that the information for debating the bill doesn't have to be brought twice. This obviously doesn't guarantee a bill will pass because it is required to pass both houses.
Every bill has to go through both chambers, but they usually originate in one and then are passed to the other once the originating chamber affirms them.
It is not common to push two independent bills simultaneously, despite your assertion so.
> It is not common to push two independent bills simultaneously, despite your assertion so.
This is in fact extremely common. Both houses pass independent bills, and then they go to conference to work out the differences.
https://gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tab-6-...
"Frequently, however, House and Senate committees each develop their own bills on the same subject. In these cases, one house often debates and amends the bill reported by its committee but then amends and passes the corresponding bill that the other chamber has already passed"