Golly, a bit of conceptual agility ...
I know, "That's rasis!"
Many been a bit of trouble trying to explain their "yeas" on the bailout, the Cap and Tax and now thumbing their collective noses at the desires on "healthcare reform" of their constituents could be the final straw. Before '09, many were able to have "safe" votes - with Pelosi/Reid/Obama, that option is now off the table.
Some of these dogs claim to be "fiscal moderates" yet none of their votes for so far is either "fiscal" or "moderate."
Finally, in my area, we will be able to pin the "tax and spend liberal" tail on our KS 3rd District Donkey!!!
He's up the creek no matter which way he jumps - vote yes to keep the $$$$ rolling in from his big dollar supporters, all from outside KS but lose the votes to get reelected or vote no to pretend to please his voters but lose all of those $$$ from his big-money donors plus the democRAT Party.
Such a dilemma and it couldn't happen to a more deserving liberal/progressive in conservative Levi's.
If they do, they’ll find out what “nuclear” means in November 2010.
It will render the entire Democrat party radioactive if they do.
/johnny
That was my opinion when this all started. There will be some public outcry, then it will pass with the help (or non-reporting) of the MSM. Just like the same public outcry with the first bailout budget.
Yes, but the worst of it is that it is politics - they could care less about how it affects the country. Isn’t that a bitch! More than half of the country could care less, just get me elected!
Reconciliation is a legislative process of the United States Senate intended to allow a contentious budget bill to be considered without being subject to filibuster. Reconciliation also applies in the United States House of Representatives, but since the House regularly passes rules that constrain debate and amendment, the reconciliation process represented less of a change in that body.
A reconciliation instruction is a provision in a budget resolution directing one or more committees to submit legislation changing existing law in order to bring spending, revenues, or the debt-limit into conformity with the budget resolution. The instructions specify the committees to which they apply, indicate the appropriate dollar changes to be achieved, and usually provide a deadline by which the legislation is to be reported or submitted.[1]
A reconciliation bill is one containing changes in law recommended pursuant to reconciliation instructions in a budget resolution. If the instructions pertain to only one committee in a chamber, that committee reports the reconciliation bill. If the instructions pertain to more than one committee, the House Budget Committee reports an omnibus reconciliation bill, but it may not make substantive changes in the recommendations of the other committees.[2]