Is this bill being taken up in the Senate under the reconciliation process by which only 51 votes are needed to pass?
If not, I assume the bill can be filibustered in the Senate in which case I believe 60 votes are needed for cloture?
The article says, The bill doesn’t repeal all of ObamaCare because it can’t without Democratic help under the Senate’s budget rules, which implies that it is being taken up under reconciliation. Am I to conclude that if the process undertook to repeal Obamacare outright it could not be done under reconciliation and would therefore be subject to filibuster?
Why are we so passively accepting Mitch McConnell's diktat that the filibuster rule will not be eliminated for regular legislation even as it has been done by him to confirm Justice Gorsuch?
I think the answers to these questions tells us whether the italicized statement above is true or not. That is, unless as a practical matter Republican defections would require some Democrat Senators even under reconciliation to bring the vote up to 51.
Perhaps those with full access to the article can explain.
