‘Reconciliation’ to Pass Health Bill Won’t Work

Roll Aall ^ | 7/1/09 | Morton M. Kondracke

[Nachum]

Liberal health reform advocates have talked about ramming a reform plan — including a Medicare-like public insurance option — through the Senate with only 51 Democratic votes. But a leading Senate player says it won’t work.

[mikelets456]

Why stop breaking the law and Constitution now?

[Red Badger]

So, Conrad said, “health reform needs to be passed on a 60-vote basis, and that means it needs to be bipartisan.”

Not since the Clown is IN......................

[Jeff Gordon]

The bill needs to be revenue neutral in order to invoke reconciliation. Obama has been making a lot of noise about health care needing to be revenue neutral. This is a very unusual stance for a socialist democrat. Why? So that reconciliation can be invoked.