For those of you who keep harping on the 60 vote myth...

[ProudDad]

From an unusual source:

Tax-Cut Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

"Keith Hennessey, a former economic adviser to President George W. Bush, lays out how he thinks the Democrats could — and should — have dealt with the Bush tax cuts:

"In early 2010, pass a budget resolution conference report that creates a reconciliation bill for the President’s preferred tax policy.

"This is the partisan path that would have eliminated Republicans’ ability to block the Democrats’ preferred policy. With a simple majority of the House and Senate, Democrats could have had a complete policy win."

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/tax-cut-woulda-coulda-shoulda/?src=busln

51 votes to pass -- just like the ORIGINAL BUSH TAX GIVE-AWAY!!!

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/mar/04/alan-grayson/bush-tax-cuts-were-passed-reconciliations-50-votes/

http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=538333&mesg_id=538610