washingtonmonthly.com - 8/2/2009
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THE RECONCILIATION INSURANCE POLICY.... I was talking to a Senate aide this week, trying to wrap my head around the details of the reconciliation process. The staffer conceded that she, too, can get tripped up on how reconciliation works. It...
eschatonblog.com - 8/3/2009
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eschatonblog.com —
I think I would take even a bad
health bill if it got there through reconciliation .
The shrieking and wailing from Broder-Land would be sweet, sweet music.
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Reconciliation
WWW.samefacts.com - 8/2/2009
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WWW.samefacts.com —
Finally, finally, people are beginning to see the
possibilities for using budget reconciliation as a means to
get health care reform -- a strategy I've been advocating for close to a month now. Which is what makes this little nugget from Carl Hulse's ...
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Joke of the Day: Budget Reconciliation and Health Reform
balloon-juice.com - 8/3/2009
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Rockefeller says he’s for it if it’s the
only way: “If it is a choice between getting
a good health care bill and doing it in reconciliation, I will take that in a shot,” Rockefeller said. “What I don’t like ...
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Reconciliation and Health Care Reform
The Moderate Voice —
... has a piece in today’s New York Times about House Democrats’ tentative plans — which Hulse (rather bizarrely) says are being kept very close to the vest — to pass health care reform legislation via reconciliation. The major obstacle to doing so, however, is something called the “Byrd Rule,” which limits the use of reconciliation to bills intended to fund existing legislation (h/t Steve):
To greatly oversimplify, what ...
Reconciliation
Eschaton —
I think I would take even a bad health bill if it got there through reconciliation. The shrieking and wailing from Broder-Land would be sweet, sweet music. ...
Reconciliation
Balloon Juice —
... for it if it’s the only way:
“If it is a choice between getting a good health care bill and doing it in reconciliation, I will take that in a shot,” Rockefeller said. “What I don’t like is no result. And if it takes more time to get a result — even if has to be done through reconciliation as a last resort — don’t think I am going to lose sleep over that.”
TAPPED and Steve Benen have more on the details of the process by which bills can be passed by a majority ...
8/3: Recess Activism
Blogometer —
... that the ads that progressive groups are running against his position on health care reform "would backfire -- and might even derail the entire reform process." Liberal bloggers ( Benen , ...
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