DCCC Chair VanHollen: We Might Pass Health Care With Reconciliation

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  January 15th at 05:30 PM  | 

Is this another bone being tossed to the liberals, or is VanHollen signaling a potential change in strategy? Even if Democrats lose the special election to pick a new Massachusetts senator Tuesday, Congress may still pass health-care overhaul through a process called reconciliation, a top House Democrat said. That procedure requires 51 votes rather than the 60 needed to prevent Republicans from blocking votes on | Read More »