[sitetest]

I believe that that the Byrd Rule isn’t as helpful as some might think. This is from wiki:

“Any senator may raise a procedural objection to a provision believed to be extraneous, which will then be ruled on by the presiding senator. A vote of 60 senators is required to overturn the ruling.”

Thus, a Republican Senator may raise a procedural objection, but it is the Senator who is currently sitting as the President of Senate (always part of the majority party) who rules whether or not the provision is actually extraneous.

To overule the ruling from the chair (which will always be a Democrat during the period that this bill might be considered), there must be 60 Senators voting thusly, to overule.

[ncalburt]

I would not believe anything from Wiki !

That site is garbage and full of half truths and lies on dozens of topics. And a Lefty runs it.

[scannell]

Well when the Pubs are back in control can we use this same rule to reverse health care and make the Bush tax cuts permanent via “reconcilliation?”