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by Paul Bedard
Reconciliation or Wreckonciliation?
Forget all that talk that President Obama and the Democrats had no plans to use the legislative tactic of "reconciliation" to force through healthcare reform with a simple one-vote majority in the
In an interesting online bid, the
For proof, the DNC released a Web ad called "A Couple of Points on Reconciliation."
Here is a link and the transcript:
SCRIPT:
SEN. TOM COBURN: "I'd make a couple of points on reconciliation." [Face The Nation, 2/28/2010]
DANA MILIBANK: "Well I think it's been pointed out repeatedly that it's not any particularly radical step." [Reliable Sources, 2/28/2010]
JIM ACOSTA,
CHRIS WALLACE: "So the argument 'well, it should be used for, you know, small budgetary matters ...' The fact is it's been used 22 times and two-thirds of the time, by Republicans not Democrats." [Fox News Sunday, 2/28/2010]
COBURN: "Welfare reform happened with reconciliation." [Face The Nation, 2/28/2010]
ACOSTA: "Reconciliation has been used for the children's health initiative, the CHIP program and COBRA, that's that program that allows you to take your health insurance with you if you lose your job." [3/1/2010]
COBURN: "The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation." [Face The Nation, 2/28/2010]
GORDON PETERSON: "You can't get 60 votes because the party on the other side of the aisle refuses to do anything constructive in this area. Is that Democrat Harry Reid in 2010? No, that's Judd Gregg in twenty--2005." [Inside Washington, 2/28/2010]
DAVID GREGORY: "You have voted for bills through reconciliation nine times since 1989." [Meet the Press, 2/28/2010]
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN: "Yes, I have voted for them." [Meet the Press, 2/28/2010]
MSNBC: "Reconciliation, that simple majority." [MSNBC, 3/1/2010]
FOX AND FRIENDS: "Now reconciliation is changing to simple majority, doesn't that sound much easier to swallow?" [Fox and Friends, 3/1/2010]
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