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A hot dog made Patty Duke lose control. For Ted Cruz, it's TrumpCare, Pence, and reconciliation.
Context, for the young 'uns in the audience:And now, on to Ted:
Ted Cruz hints Vice-President Pence will make up his own Senate rules to ram through Trumpcare
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/ted-cruz-hints-vice-president-pence-will-make-up-his-own-senate-rules-to-ram-through-trumpcare/
In an interview with reporters, The Hill revealed Cruz talked about the ways in which Pence can ensure pieces of the health care bill the White House wants gets included in the bill. The plan seems to involve overruling the parliamentarian of the Senate. The parliamentarian is the one who advises the president to ensure rules are followed. However, the role has no real control or authority.
“Under the Budget Act of 1974, which is what governs reconciliation, it is the presiding officer, the vice president of the United States, who rules on what’s permissible on reconciliation and what is not,” Cruz said. “That’s a conversation I’ve been having with a number of my colleagues.”
Senate Leader Mitch McConnell plans to ensure the GOP’s healthcare bill is passed by overruling the Democrats’ filibuster using a process called budget reconciliation. Cruz explained that because the health care bill has an impact on the budget that anything pertaining to the bill could fall under budget reconciliation.
“You don’t have to override the parliamentarian or get a new parliamentarian,” Cruz said. “Under the statute, it is the vice president who rules. It is the presiding officer who makes the decision. The parliamentarian advises on that question.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/ted-cruz-hints-vice-president-pence-will-make-up-his-own-senate-rules-to-ram-through-trumpcare/
In an interview with reporters, The Hill revealed Cruz talked about the ways in which Pence can ensure pieces of the health care bill the White House wants gets included in the bill. The plan seems to involve overruling the parliamentarian of the Senate. The parliamentarian is the one who advises the president to ensure rules are followed. However, the role has no real control or authority.
“Under the Budget Act of 1974, which is what governs reconciliation, it is the presiding officer, the vice president of the United States, who rules on what’s permissible on reconciliation and what is not,” Cruz said. “That’s a conversation I’ve been having with a number of my colleagues.”
Senate Leader Mitch McConnell plans to ensure the GOP’s healthcare bill is passed by overruling the Democrats’ filibuster using a process called budget reconciliation. Cruz explained that because the health care bill has an impact on the budget that anything pertaining to the bill could fall under budget reconciliation.
“You don’t have to override the parliamentarian or get a new parliamentarian,” Cruz said. “Under the statute, it is the vice president who rules. It is the presiding officer who makes the decision. The parliamentarian advises on that question.”
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Nothing sexual there!
