in the past, whether it s medicare or welfare reform or the tax cuts in 2001, there was bipartisan support for that. this is really unprecedented. you did say this has been used before, but you implied this is somehow different. it has been used on major legislation, on welfare reform, on the bush tax cuts, and associated press is reporting that the republicans have actually used the tactic far more frequently than democrats, the bush tax cuts being a prime examp example. i hear your argument, but it sounds a little hypocritical. the tax cuts, that s what reconciliation was designed for. i ve seen the numbers, it s been used 19 times and republicans have used it as much or more than democrats, but generally to do something that reconciles taxes, revs and spending, or in the case of well fair reform where you had brought bipartisan
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