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Act completely . Does notises it but repeal it. Congress is using a budget technique to try to get the bill through. It is called budget reconciliation. It cannot be filibustered in the senate and only needs 50 votes. That is the good side if you want to pass the legislation. The difficult side is that there are a lot of things you cannot do in budget reconciliation. Everything in it has to be directly attributable to the federal budget. It has to add or subtract from the federal budget. There are many things they cannot do in this bill and they are not doing it which was initially are to the problem for a lot of conservatives. They promised to repeal the whole thing but to do that, they would need 60 votes in the senate. That is what set up this whole difficult situation. What is included and what is excluded . Included is everything having to do with the money. It repeals all of the taxes that went into the Affordable Care act ....
He talked with cspan about his legislative priorities and the importance of family and Public Service. Congressman, why did you decide to run for a house seat . I looked at the chance to run for a house seat as the ability to take some of the things i have worked on at the state level to the national level. Issues, especially involving the environment that can only be addressed at a and a comprehensive way at the national level. This was the primary reason that i did this. What is the biggest difference in your mind with your work at the state legislature where you served many terms and now, being here, not too far from the virginia assembly, but here in washington . The biggest difference is the amount of latitude you have as a congressman. You have staff that can dig into an issue for you. The Virginia Legislature runs up for a shorter period of time so it is more reg ....
Act completely . Does notises it but repeal it. Congress is using a budget technique to try to get the bill through. It is called budget reconciliation. It cannot be filibustered in the senate and only needs 50 votes. That is the good side if you want to pass the legislation. The difficult side is that there are a lot of things you cannot do in budget reconciliation. Everything in it has to be directly attributable to the federal budget. It has to add or subtract from the federal budget. There are many things they cannot do in this bill and they are not doing it which was initially are to the problem for a lot of conservatives. They promised to repeal the whole thing but to do that, they would need 60 votes in the senate. That is what set up this whole difficult situation. What is included and what is excluded . Included is everything having to do with the money. It repeals all of the taxes that went into the Affordable Care act ....
And the people inside of washington said our we cant shift power we have to do that. We have to have power in washington. So that is the battle going on. More power to the bureaucrats this is a struggle going on. This is the topic of power to the people the road to freedom and prosperity for the four, seniors and those most in need of the best healthcare. Peter is the author. This is book tv on cspan2. Joining us on booktv is the editor of the claremont review of books. That is the countrys leading and possibly journal of the conservative book review. If you dont see it that often but it is on the newsstands and you can find it at claremont. Org and its a conservative think tank. Tank. How did a beginquotes it again about 16 years ago because of the felt necessity. They are in the new york review of books and the sunday New York Times book review and new Republic Book review p ....