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The New DU. Reply #53: A budget reconciliation bill cannot be filibustered and thus requires only 50 Senators, plus the VP.
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Fri Nov-18-11 10:28 AM
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| 53. A budget reconciliation bill cannot be filibustered and thus requires only 50 Senators, plus the VP. |
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The final health care reform bill was a budget reconciliation bill. It did not require (and didn't have) a vote to end debate. It passed by a vote of 56 to 43. One Republican did not vote and the other 43 voted against. The Republicans certainly would have used those 43 votes to filibuster and kill the bill if they could have but could not under the rules since it was a reconciliation bill.
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