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18. there is no way we can pass that using reconciliation

Reply to SayItLoud (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 5, 2021, 08:08 PM

Apr 2021

doesn't matter how many other such bills we pass. The problem is that the voting bill is divorced from the budget process.

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Be nice if it could pass without reconciliation then use recon for protecting voting rights. SayItLoud Apr 2021 #7

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there is no way we can pass that using reconciliation dsc Apr 2021 #18

Sadly, true. Will require busting the Filibuster. And duct-taping Manchin. lagomorph777 Apr 2021 #42

Listen closely please. Reconciliation is shorthand for BUDGET reconciliation. hedda_foil Apr 2021 #35

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Yeah I don't understand either. CrackityJones75 Apr 2021 #15

I believe we're working on fy 2020 because there was no budget passed WheelWalker Apr 2021 #19

Hmmm ok it must be something like that. CrackityJones75 Apr 2021 #22

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Please see post 35. hedda_foil Apr 2021 #36

Not sure of your point- the ruling allows for amending the budget resolutions w/reconciliation Fiendish Thingy Apr 2021 #43

Sorry, I responded to your post by accident. You're absolutely right about Manchin. hedda_foil Apr 2021 #45

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