Republicans continue to paint Reconciliation as some type of drastic tactic — they even INCORRECTLY refer to it as the ‘nuclear option’ which it isn’t. The nuclear option in the Senate is eliminating the filibuster at the beginning of a session of Congress.
The chart below shows that it is Republicans that repeatedly use Reconciliation to pass bills, frequently in a partisan vote split. No shock here that Republicans are LYING THEIR ASSES off again. There is only ONE case when Reconciliation measure was passed by Democrats without significant Republican support. However, there are 7 cases when Republicans passed Reconciliation measures with virtually no Democratic support, including both Bush Tax cuts.
Everything should be passed as a Reconciliation Measure. Even stuff that the Senate Parliamentarian disapproves of can be overridden by the President of the Senate, Biden, and an appeal only requires 51 votes in the Senate. Load up the boat and pass everything this way. Maybe this will lead to the repeal of the 60 vote Filibuster rule and restore majority rule for the Senate.
America is Doomed.
[...] example, it is no secret how many times reconciliation has been used by both parties — I have blogged about it and even shown the historical chart. But you will hear Republicans lying about it [...]