What would you say if Lieberman told Reid he will bolt the Democratic caucus if we do reconciliation

[WI_DEM]

on health care--and vote as a independent republican! Oh, Noes!! This is what I'd do:

:bounce:

Then I'd say, "Don't let the door hit you in the ass, Joe."

[The Wizard]

1. Joe Lieberman

needs to be sucker punched. The Democratic leadership should sue the bastard for political malpractice and Senatorial misconduct.

[WV_Biker]

5. My sentiments exactly. n/t

[Lil Missy]

2. Bye.

[AllentownJake]

3. Go back to making out with John, Joe nt.

[hobbit709]

4. That's exactly what I'd say.

[Bluzmann57]

6. AMF

And don't come back.
That's what I'd say.

[Cant trust em]

7. "Piss off." nt

[connecticut yankee]

8. Good riddance

[MNDemNY]

9. Regardless, he should be stripped of his committee appointments and booted from the caucus.

[bain_sidhe]

10. don't let the door hit ya

where the good lord split ya...

[Lerkfish]

11. I think that horse has already left the barn, eh?

oh, I misread "caucus" as "cause"

[LuvNewcastle]

12. I'd be glad to be rid of him.

This back-and-forth shit needs to stop.

[Edweird]

13. Like he hasn't already?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. "And that affects us... how?"

[xultar]

15. Someone get a anti-bacterial wipe for the door knob!

[LyndaG]

16. GO!!!

Lieberman has proven to be worthless to the Dems. The Rs can have his sorry ass.

[Dinger]

17. Dumb Question Here

What is reconciliation? Please pardon my ignorance. and, yeah, fuck joe.

[WI_DEM]

20. here is a definition

Reconciliation is a legislative process of the United States Senate intended to allow a contentious budget bill to be considered without being subject to filibuster. Because reconciliation limits debate and amendment, the process empowers the majority party. Reconciliation also applies in the United States House of Representatives, but since the House regularly passes rules that constrain debate and amendment, the reconciliation process represented less of a change in that body.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress)

A reconciliation instruction (Budget Reconciliation) is a provision in a budget resolution directing one or more committees to submit legislation changing existing law in order to bring spending, revenues, or the debt-limit into conformity with the budget resolution. The instructions specify the committees to which they apply, indicate the appropriate dollar changes to be achieved, and usually provide a deadline by which the legislation is to be reported or submitted.<1>

A reconciliation bill is one containing changes in law recommended pursuant to reconciliation instructions in a budget resolution. If the instructions pertain to only one committee in a chamber, that committee reports the reconciliation bill. If the instructions pertain to more than one committee, the House Budget Committee reports an omnibus reconciliation bill, but it may not make substantive changes in the recommendations of the other committees.<2>

Congress used reconciliation to enact President Bill Clinton's 1993 (fiscal year 1994) budget. (See Pub.L. 103-66, 107 Stat. 312.) President Clinton wanted to use reconciliation to pass his 1993 health care plan, but Senator Robert Byrd (D-WVa) insisted that the health care plan was out of bounds for a process that is theoretically about budgets. However, on August 25, 2009, Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), one of the members of the Senate Finance Committee's "Gang of Six" bipartisan group to work on a health insurance reform bill in the Senate, has said that reconciliation may be used, is an acceptable option, and that he can support it.

[Dinger]

25. Thank You

Appreciate it.

[RoyGBiv]

18. Kick him in the small of the back ...

Then go have a beer.

Then it'd be like, "Hi, bartender!"

"Hey, what's up?"

"Well I just kicked Joe Lieberman in the small of the back."

"Cool. First round's on me."

"Cool."

[cali]

19. break open a bottle of champagne. set off fireworks. have go, go, Joe party.

[Faryn Balyncd]

21. Good riddance!

[Blue Owl]

22. Knock yourself out, douchebag...

Just go away Joe and take your fucking sold-out bullshit along with you, you goddamned asshole.

[ElboRuum]

23. Throw a party!!!

Oh wait, that's what I would DO.

[damntexdem]

24. Say 'bye bye.'

More can be passed using reconciliation than just HCR.

[HughMoran]

26. I'd punch him in the face

& say - good riddance motherfucker.

[backscatter712]

27. Fine. At least then he'll just be an asshole to our faces instead of stabbing us in the back. n/t