Parliamentarian rules against Republicans on reconciliation fixes bill

From The Hill:  Senate parliamentarian Alan Frumin ruled against Senate Republicans Monday night, setting aside the first of many expected p...

The Taco Shell Has Landed: Democrats release reconciliation Shell Bill for markup

The Democrats take their first step toward passing health care reform in the House. The first step is the creation of a shell bill that will...

Senate Parliamentarian gives House Dems an eye opener on reconciliation

Much scheming has been going on to get the Senate version of the health care bill passed in the House. Two of the biggest schemes for passin...

John McCain tries to do a “Gang of 14” on Reconciliation

John McCain is up to his old bipartisan tricks again.   This time he is trying to get together another “Gang of 14” of stop reconciliation. ...

Judd Gregg: Obama may renege of Senate Bill fix

Talk about stating the obvious.   Judd Gregg said today during an appearance on CNBC that if the House passes the Senate Bill, Obama would n...

Video: Obama and Democrats on "The Nuclear Option" circa 2005

Biden: "I pray God when the Democrats take back control we don't make the kind of naked power grab you are doing." Something ...

Health Care Dog and Pony Show: Obama writing new bill designed to pass with reconciliation

Well here is a first, Obama is actually writing a bill ! He is writing a health care bill designed to pass both House and Senate. The bill i...

ObamaCare 2.0? Passing the Public Option through reconciliation

Four senators have signed a letter to Harry Reid urging him to use reconciliation to pass a Public Option.  Four Democratic senators, includ...

Dems threaten to use Reconciliation if Brown wins

The Democrats are clearly on a suicide mission when it comes to health care reform. From Bloomberg :   Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Even if Democr...

Going Nuclear: Dems to go it alone on health care.

WASHINGTON — Given hardening Republican opposition to congressional health care proposals, Democrats now say they see little chance for the...