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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNBC just now reporting "Can Senate use the nuclear option to repeal ACA?"
Isn't what they actually did...the nuclear option? No debate, closed doors, straight vote? And they still failed. How would "the nuclear option" help them?
Zoonart
(11,704 posts)Isn't the nuclear option 50 votes? Which they didn't get? Is there another nuclear option?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Mme. Defarge
(7,973 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)They are talking about dispensing with 'budget reconciliation' which comes under 50-vote rule.
If running it again as a 'budget reconciliation' is a violation of Senate rules, the 'nuclear option' is viable.
dsc
(52,117 posts)Reconciliation is very technical and got rid of things they wanted in the bill.
brooklynite
(93,626 posts)Reconciliation gave them a chance to do partial repeal; but only items affecting Federal Budget (e.g. taxes and spending levels) were able to be covered. Items such as regulations affecting the insurance industry were not eligible.
unblock
(51,920 posts)they had to do certain things in the bill in order to qualify as a "reconciliation" bill and thus need only 51 votes under existing rules.
if they go nuclear, then they would need only 51 votes for *any* bill, not just reconciliation bills.
that means they could, for instance, cut taxes but keep a lot of subsidies in place -- something they couldn't do under reconciliation rules.