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.

Tell it to them.

And this.

Then read this.

And then read this.

And finally (for now), read this.

It's a matter of will and desire.