What is the process for merging House and Senate bills, particularly the current health care legislation?

The bills are quite different, and now, all I know is that they must be "merged." What is the process for this? Is it up to one particular committee? If so, which one? I would like to know who is on it.What is the process for merging House and Senate bills, particularly the current health care legislation?Each house will supply members for a conference committee where they will iron out the differences in the two bills.

Then each house must vote on the new bill.What is the process for merging House and Senate bills, particularly the current health care legislation?The reality is that a few powerful members of Congress will control the whole process and the majority of Congress will have no say in it.What is the process for merging House and Senate bills, particularly the current health care legislation?The senior senators and senior house members will form a committee and try to buy each other off or give IOU's to get a majority vote on the final bill that will be handed to the president.