called reconciliation, which is playing with 12 people on the field if it were a football game, you re going to have a hard time convincing democrats or republicans to do the hard things because you poison the well, there will be a price to be paid to jam a bill through that the american people don t like using a sleazy process. wow. okay. what senator graham calls a sleazy process has been used by democrats and, yes, republicans in the past. what is reconciliation? it is a measure to pass contentious budget legislation while avoiding a filibuster threat. and it allows for a 51-vote majority in the senate. reconciliation was used in 1989 to pass some medicare overhaul for physician payments. in 1996, it was used to pass the welfare overhaul. and it was used to enact the bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003. you know, among all the lobbyists and lawyers for and against health care reform, one advocate really does stand out.
filibuster threat. that clears it up nicely, doesn t it? so let me break it down. instead of getting 60 votes to pass in a senate, they need a majority. just a maneuver to get 51 votes instead of 60. this was used to pass a medicare overall for physician payments, and in 1996, welfare overhaul and then in 2001 and 2008 bush tax cuts were passed. one little boy has been on capitol hill waging a battle his mom started but could not finish because she died. the fifth grader s message is it s not a privilege but a right. i am here because my mom was a health care activist just like i am today, and she was
so here it is. it s a measure to pass legislation while avoiding a filibuster threat. what they need is a simple majority, 51 votes in the senate. it was used back in 1989 to overhaul physician payments. in 1996, it was used for the welfare overhaul and used in 2001 and 2003. the pages of history being reworked in texas. no matter where you live, what is happening in texas could affect you. at a texas state board of education. they re affecting their textbooks there, and it could affect textbooks wherever you are. give you a little background here. this is 24 hours ago, not long ago the state board of education took a preliminary vote to adopt new standards for social studies, history, and economic classes. texas buys a whole lot of textbooks, it s a pretty big state. publishers tend to adhere to the standards in texas. what goes in the textbooks in
dana bash for you. thank you. reporter: thank you. here s the explainer on the process we ve been talking about, known as reconciliation, the democrats plan to use pass health care reform. reconciliation is a measure to pass contentious budget legislation while avoiding a filibuster threat. it allows for a 51-vote majority in the senate. reconciliation was used in 1989 to pass a medicare overhaul for physician payments. in 1996 it was used to pass the welfare overhaul, and it was used to enact the bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003. other big stories we are following for you in the newsroom. talking strategy at the white house. the focus, afghanistan and pakistan. president obama gathered his national security team together last hour for an update on the fight against the taliban. earlier this week, britain s foreign secretary said the u.s. was on the right track. i think that there s a very strong feeling now that following the implementation of general mcchrystal s new
parliamentary procedure known as reconciliati reconciliation. republicans are crying foul. if you use reconciliation on this health care bill which you see today what you re going to have a thumbing of the nose at the american people. they don t agree with it. we need to change it. we re willing to work to get it changed to where we don t have a massive increase in the government influence on health care. time to get used to this word reconciliation. you re going to be hearing it a lot as health care reform heads toward a shoudown. so we re going to do a little reconciliation one on one for you. reconciliation is a measure to pass contentious budget legislation while avoiding a filibuster threat. got it? it was used in 1989 to pass a medicare overhaul for physician payments. in 1996 it was used to pass the welfare overhaul. it was used to enact the bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003. so since we got that established, let s get an update on where things stand with health care reform rig