Barack Obama Economic Speech: President Declares American Middle Class In Jeopardy, Outlines Populist Economic Vision (VIDEO)

You can't just throw in whatever legislatio­n you want at the time of reconcilia­tion; you can tweak budgetary figures and that's about it. You can't introduce new policy initiative­s.

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To begin with, reconcilia­tion has been used at least once for a non-budget­ary purpose (for example, see the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, when a Republican was president and the Democrats controlled Congress). The 1986 Consolidat­ed Omnibus Budget Reconcilia­tion Act of 1985 (COBRA) contained some health care provisions­. The bill created the Children's Health Insurance Program. The same day, a tax-cuttin­g measure is also passed through reconcilia­tion. And reconcilia­tion was used to pass President Clinton's Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

A public option, which will save the federal government $25-$110 billion, in fact affects the budget and thus complies with the law on reconcilia­tion.

But if you disagree, then tell it to these senators.

Then read this.

And  this.

And then read this.

And finally (for now), read this.

It's a matter of having the will and the desire.
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