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Recursion

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1. Reconciliation requires something to pass through the House

Reply to meadowlark5 (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 07:46 PM

Mar 2013

Reconciliation prevents the Senate from holding up a bill the House has passed, one time per year, if it reduces the deficit over a 10-year window. It doesn't let the Senate just pass something on its own, unfortunately.

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I read an article by Robert Reich and he said the sequester could be repealed through [View all] meadowlark5 Mar 2013 OP

Reconciliation requires something to pass through the House Recursion Mar 2013 #1

They got 51 votes in the Senate already to fix the sequestration and McConnell Cleita Mar 2013 #2

remember when there was going to be meaningful filibuster reform lololol nt msongs Mar 2013 #3

Yeah, Cleita Mar 2013 #5

remember, they built it! napkinz Mar 2013 #4

They built the sequester and Drale Mar 2013 #6

Ack! I forgot about the house. I don't know how I could overlook the biggest obstructionists meadowlark5 Mar 2013 #7

Call me cynical but I don't think Harry was duped. Cleita Mar 2013 #8