Two separate bills have been introduced that would also cover members of the clergy.
If the conditions above are met, some or all of those ballots may also cover members in other workplaces.
The second issue was whether the treaty should cover elected legislators or members of parliament.
That, critics say, could lead to higher costs for traditional insurance plans that would be left to cover sicker members.
Mr. Bush said pointedly that the bill would also cover members of Congress.
The next move on the pay raise, which also covers members of Congress, is up to the House.
His special permit for camping there, he said, only covered members of his group.
Perhaps this policy can be expanded to cover the president and other members of the administration.
Much of the debate today focused on efforts to extend the law to cover members of Congress.
It does not cover actual members of the royal family.