Parliamentary tricks.
declare it a budget bill and it only needs 50.
That won’t work. Reconciliation leaves too many options for the minority to shred the bill.
Dem Senator said if they use parliamentary tricks that Reid won’t even have 50.
Baucus is steamed over Boxer moving Cap and Trade illegally out Committee. Reid also tossed his bill out the window is is drafting his own although it is not committed to paper yet. They already have 13 Dems who voted not to shut off debate on healthcare.