Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Republicans Flip-Flopping on Reconciliation

Since Democrats have started to indicate they will use reconciliation to pass parts of the health care bill to get around Republican obstructionism, Republicans have started with the fake outrage. From claims of this ending democracy to Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) saying it would "end the Senate," Republicans would have you believe this is unprecedented. But surprise, the majority of Republicans currently serving in the Senate have used reconciliation themselves before:





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