The use of reconciliation 1980-2008 - Brendan Nyhan

The use of reconciliation 1980-2008 - Brendan Nyhan:

If you follow Congressional politics, you may have heard the beginnings of a debate among the parties about the potential use of the reconciliation process, which only requires 50 votes, as a way for Democrats to avoid a Republican filibuster of a health care bill in the Senate. This is one of those annoying topics on which the parties (and their supporters) switch positions each time control of the majority changes. In this case, Democrats who previously opposed the use of reconciliation for policy changes now support it and vice versa for Republicans."