are going to have to move on to other legislative priorities like jobs. they are working under a deadline. the clock is ticking, they are saying now. kate baldwin at the white house. thanks so much. little bit more on this practice of budget reconciliation. it was established in 1974. it has been used 22 times. off and on nonbudget issues by every president since jimmy carter. recent examples include medicare overhaul for physician payments. back in 1989, welfare overhaul, 1996. and in 2001 and 2003, for president george w. bush, tax cuts. so what was your favorite moment from the winter olympic games in vancouver? we will hear from an expert olympian. elvis stojko. i ve been an ameriprise financial advisor for 24 years.
for physician payments, that was done through the reconciliation process. it was protected from a fill buchter, able to be passed by 51 votes. the welfare overhaul, we remember that when president clinton was in office, but it was definitely bipartisan in 1996. and probably the best example that democrats like to use was the bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003, those were done through the reconciliation process, protected from the democrats filibuster back then. and over $1 trillion of tax cuts got to the president s desk, president bush s desk. it s tricky stuff, and if anyone can explain it, it s you, dana bash, thank you. reporter: thank you. checking the top stories. two federal agencies are investigating the death of dawn brancheau, the seaworld trainer killed wednesday by a skiller whale. this shows brancheau was taken moments before the attack. officials at seaworld plan to hold a news conference in the next hour. u.s. representative charles rangel is being reprimanded for