There Goes Reconciliation

by Chris Dierkes on September 4, 2009

Uh oh. Hadn’t seen this before, but Lawrence O’Donnell just shoots down reconciliation as the way to get health care reform through.  Apparently rules state that 51 votes is sufficient only in final passage–there are multiple steps along the way in which you need 60 to allow the process to continue.

Chris Dierkes (aka CJ Smith). 29 years old, happily married, adroit purveyor and voracious student of all kinds of information, theories, methods of inquiry, and forms of practice. Studying to be a priest in the Anglican Church in Canada. Main interests: military theory, diplomacy, foreign affairs, medieval history, religion & politics (esp. Islam and Christianity), and political grand bargains of all shapes and sizes.

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1 Will Wilson September 4, 2009 at 7:10 pm

If you want the skinny on all the legislative stuff, read Keith Hennessey.

Here he is on reconciliation:

http://keithhennessey.com/2009/08/05/what-is-reconciliation/

And here’s his legislative forecast:

http://keithhennessey.com/2009/09/02/health-care-moves/

And his updated forecast:

http://keithhennessey.com/2009/09/03/updated-scenarios/

Tons more good stuff there.

2 Chris Dierkes September 6, 2009 at 5:41 pm

WW,

Thanks for the links. Quite excellent they are.

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