[praepos]

That’s not how it works. They need 60 votes for cloture—i.e., to stop debating. The so-called nuclear option refers to reconciliation which needs only 51 votes. But that’s not going to happen. Nobody on the left wants it—it would wreck the package. They want the structure intact even more than they want the public option.

[JoSixChip]

"That’s not how it works. They need 60 votes for cloture—i.e., to stop debating. The so-called nuclear option refers to reconciliation which needs only 51 votes. But that’s not going to happen. Nobody on the left wants it—it would wreck the package. They want the structure intact even more than they want the public option."

Excuse me! they said it would never get this far. BUT IT DID!!!