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From the monthly archives:
February 2010
Senate Reconciliation 101
Senate Reconciliation was established in 1974 under the Democrat-controlled 93rd Congress. Reconciliation exists for a very specific purpose: to eliminate the threat of a minority party filibuster on budget bills. It has been used 22 times since its inception, and I’ll trust Senator Reid’s figure that 16 of those were by Republicans—most recently to pass the “Bush Tax Cuts.” However, Reid is incredibly misleading when he says Republicans should “stop crying about Reconciliation as if it’s never been done before.” While it has been used to pass budget-related legislation, it has never been used to create a new program—though not for lack of trying.
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Reid Forgets His Own Advice
It wasn’t too long ago when Democrats were in the minority and Harry Reid mounted a staunch defense of the filibuster. Apparently he’s forgotten his own advice, Senate history, and the importance of the minority’s ability to slow debate so the American people have time to “join the opposition.”
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Renee Ellmers to Announce Congressional Bid
If I had been told during the Obama coronation that in just over a year a nurse from Dunn, NC would be challenging the political establishment and a seven-term incumbent in one of the state’s most liberal districts, I probably wouldn’t have believed it, but that’s exactly what’s slated to happen this afternoon as Congressional hopeful Renee Ellmers launches her campaign for NC-2. I was pleased to take part in a conference call with Mrs. Ellmers last night in which she discussed her upcoming bid. She hit all the major talking points: “Washington is broken,” she says, and she’s an outsider who—unlike our current representation—can help pick up the pieces; she’s against health reforms that aren’t really about care, and her work as a nurse gives her unique insight into the Health Care industry; she understands that perhaps the most important issue facing the U.S. today is our lackluster economy, and unlike Obama and his cronies, she understands the government can’t actually create sustainable, private-sector jobs.
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