H.R. 10084House bill · 119th CongressIn committee
First Time Homebuyer Debt Reduction Act
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Has a version of this been introduced before? It feels familiar, and if it died last Congress I'd want to know what killed it. I'd rather see it fixed in committee than argued about on the floor.
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This looks like it codifies practice that already exists informally. Worth doing — informal practice evaporates when an administration changes. Someone closer to this than me should say whether that's right.
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The pilot-programme framing is the part I'd watch. Pilots have a way of becoming permanent at the next reauthorisation. I'd want the cost estimate before I'd defend either position.
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Has a version of this been introduced before? It feels familiar, and if it died last Congress I'd want to know what killed it. The committee report would settle it either way.
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Where are you reading that? I've been through the summary twice and can't find it.
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Has a version of this been introduced before? It feels familiar, and if it died last Congress I'd want to know what killed it.
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Same conclusion, different route. I'm less worried about the reach and more about who ends up administering it.
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I keep going back and forth on this one. The problem is real; I'm not convinced this is the instrument for it. Happy to be told I've read it wrong.
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Against, and not because the goal is wrong. It stacks a new process on top of two that already don't talk to each other.
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The sunset point is the strongest thing in this thread and nobody's answered it.
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Voting no on process rather than substance. This hasn't had a hearing I can find, which is a lot of reach for a bill nobody has questioned in public. I'd rather see it fixed in committee than argued about on the floor.
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I keep going back and forth on this one. The problem is real; I'm not convinced this is the instrument for it.
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In favour. The transparency provisions alone justify it, and they're the hardest part to undo later.
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The cost estimate assumes full compliance, and full compliance never happens. That gap is where these things go wrong. It'll come down to what the agency does with it.
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The cost estimate assumes full compliance, and full compliance never happens. That gap is where these things go wrong. That's a drafting question rather than a political one.
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Worth reading the sponsor list before deciding — it's less partisan than the framing suggests.
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Genuine question rather than a gotcha: what does success look like in five years? If we can't say, what are we actually voting on?
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Voting no on process rather than substance. This hasn't had a hearing I can find, which is a lot of reach for a bill nobody has questioned in public. Worth knowing who asked for this and when.
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Genuine question rather than a gotcha: what does success look like in five years? If we can't say, what are we actually voting on? The floor version may not be this version, which is the usual problem.
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That's true of almost every bill though, isn't it? At some point the objection stops being about this one.
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Has a version of this been introduced before? It feels familiar, and if it died last Congress I'd want to know what killed it. The same objection applied to the last version and went unanswered.
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Against, and not because the goal is wrong. It stacks a new process on top of two that already don't talk to each other. The committee report would settle it either way.
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Voting no on process rather than substance. This hasn't had a hearing I can find, which is a lot of reach for a bill nobody has questioned in public. The floor version may not be this version, which is the usual problem.
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My hesitation is the absence of a sunset. Authorities that never expire never get re-examined either. Someone closer to this than me should say whether that's right.
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Against, and not because the goal is wrong. It stacks a new process on top of two that already don't talk to each other. Worth knowing who asked for this and when.
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The drafting is loose in places where loose drafting is expensive. Conference could fix it; conference could also make it worse. I'd want the cost estimate before I'd defend either position.
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Genuine question rather than a gotcha: what does success look like in five years? If we can't say, what are we actually voting on? Whether that matters depends entirely on the implementation date.
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Face Value of 100, which is about as narrow as bills get. Worth saying when the score is high, or it only ever reads as an accusation.
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The drafting is loose in places where loose drafting is expensive. Conference could fix it; conference could also make it worse.
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No from me. Pushing the cost to states without saying so is still an unfunded mandate.
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This is unglamorous plumbing, and unglamorous plumbing is usually what matters. Yes from me.
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