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In 2006, Democratic leaders, including then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, signed onto a lawsuit that Ralph Nader's group Public Citizen filed against Republicans, who were in control of Congress at the time, for using the maneuver known as "deem and pass" to finalize a deficit-reduction bill. A clerical error had been found in the House version of the bill, so Congress deemed the correct version passed without a further vote. The other Democrats who challenged the move were Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., who is now chairman of the House Rules Committee and came up with the idea to use "deem and pass" for the health care bill. The opponents of that strategy argued in court that the legislation was "invalid" because the Constitution requires a bill to "be passed in identical form by both chambers" before it becomes law. But a judge disagreed, ruling that the error and the resolution were acceptable. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/20/reform-dems-challenged-rule-permitting-passage-bills-vote/ hhmmm lets see how it holds up in court this time...