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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 07 > Reform’s legislative path could trigger a ‘war’ in Congress

Reform’s legislative path could trigger a ‘war’ in Congress

By Laura Litvan and Catherine Dodge / The Bulletin
March 7, 2010

When Republicans used a legislative maneuver called budget reconciliation in 1995 in a bid to wipe out the deficit and transfer some social programs to states, they ran into a wall of resistance.

The Senate parliamentarian struck some 300 provisions from the legislation before debate even began,....

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