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**WGRocky** · 01-18-2010, 12:22 AM

Yes, if you're going to mess with the rules then you might as well go all the way but we all know they won't do that. If Brown wins then the most likely result would be even Harry Reid will grow a pair of balls and go for reconciliation without consulting the various committee heads (which would require several 60 vote procedural votes). If they used the Republican tactic of skipping the committee heads and just have the two leaders come up with the reconciliation bill then only 51 votes are needed. That's dirty but technically legal; perversely it would probably result in a better bill since they'd only need 50 votes plus the VP's vote instead of the full 60 votes.

01-18-2010, 12:22 AM	#11
WGRocky Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 385 Senior Member	Yes, if you're going to mess with the rules then you might as well go all the way but we all know they won't do that. If Brown wins then the most likely result would be even Harry Reid will grow a pair of balls and go for reconciliation without consulting the various committee heads (which would require several 60 vote procedural votes). If they used the Republican tactic of skipping the committee heads and just have the two leaders come up with the reconciliation bill then only 51 votes are needed. That's dirty but technically legal; perversely it would probably result in a better bill since they'd only need 50 votes plus the VP's vote instead of the full 60 votes.
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