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Parliamentarian which decides which aspects of the health care bill the democrats would seek to pass. fruman s moment in the sun comes because president obama and the democrats, even after last thursday s 7-hour summit at the white house cannot muster, as major was saying, the 60 votes necessary to kill off a potential filibuster. to circumvent that option the democrats are pondering the use of reconciliation, a kind of legislative 2-step typically only used with budget bills, and under current rules it is the parliamentarian who takes out the scalpel if there are provisions that affect policy first and the budget only incidentally. on fox news sunday this past weekend, host chris wallace pursued with the senate s number two republican why the parliamentarian, the gop might not be estimate he d with reconciliation. you could offer hundreds and hundreds of amendments, ....
Senate bill and a presidential proposal, so there s no real legislation, so we re a long time from this taking legislative meaning or having people decide what they re going to goat for or against. jane: major is on it, thanks, major. jon: if democrats do decide to push health care through with a simple majority vote, one man could have a huge impact on the process and he s not even an elected member of congress. more on this potential new player in the health care debate, let s go to james rosen in washington. who are we talking about? reporter: this individual is so obscure his title is almost unpronounceable but he is the man at the center of the mal strom. we speak of 63-year-old allan fruman serving a second tour duty as a parliamentarian of the united states senate and although there are different interpretations, and imagine, different interpretations an capitol hill, it is the senate ....