Durbin Explains Why the Democrats Won’t Use Reconciliation
With Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) threatening to kill health insurance reform legislation unless it’s diluted considerably, liberals nationwide are urging
Jul 31, 20204.9K Shares1.2M Views
With Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) threateningto kill health insurance reform legislation unless it’s diluted considerably, liberals nationwide are urgingDemocrats to side-stepLieberman by using the budget reconciliation process, which would allow them to pass parts of the bill with a simple majority vote of 51.
This morning, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) told MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough why party leaders won’t go that route.
“„Scarborough: Why don’t you blow the whole place up and just say majority rules, 51 is enough?
“„Durbin: We’ve been blowing things up on this issue for decades, and as a result, we’ve accomplished nothing. Reconciliation is a very spare and thin process with limited opportunities. For example, no insurance reform if we do reconciliation. We won’t give American consumers the tools that they need to fight back against the health insurance companies.
“„And I think they understand, as we do, that’s a very, very important element in this package.
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