A brief lesson for everyone who thinks we should simply have done everything by reconciliation.

[TheWraith]

1. Reconciliation can only be used for budget-related business.

2. Reconciliation bills can not affect the budget beyond a 10 year horizon, so any new laws must have an expiration date.

3. Only one reconciliation bill can be passed per year.

[Tippy]

1. K&R.....This one says it all

Only one reconciliation bill can be passed per year.....One per year or one in a years time

[TheWraith]

2. I believe it's one per calendar year.

So it will be possible to pass a reconciliation bill again next January, not that it really helps us.

[JVS]

3. Then they should have thought of the tax cuts when they were pushing though HCR

[TheWraith]

4. And sink the entire healthcare reform bill by adding tax cuts to it?

You try to bundle them together, you're likely to end up sinking both.

Besides which, there are DUers here who think we can do EVERYTHING via reconciliation. Tax cuts, DADT, START, climate change, et al.

[JVS]

6. By putting tax cuts with it you might be able to get better HCR.

Who votes against tax cuts?

[TheWraith]

7. Who votes against tax cuts? Republicans. nt

[TheWraith]

5. Gee, I've attracted the crowd that unrecs fact-based posts. I'm shocked.

:sarcasm: