The Reconciliation Ball Moves Forward…

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The Reconciliation Ball Moves Forward…

Okay, there have been a few scattered developments that, when taken together, make it clearer and clearer that a reconciliation vote on the health bill is becoming a foregone conclusion.

First: A top Nancy Pelosi ally, Dem Rep George Miller, went on MSNBC this morning and said unequivocally that there will be such a vote:

“The choreography gets a little complicated here, but the House will present a reconciliation bill.”

Emphasis mine. Second: Another key House Dem on health care, Rep Rob Andrews, said on a conference call with reporters this morning that Dems had little doubt that they’d muster the votes for it in the end (an opinion not widely shared among pundits and reporters):

“This Speaker has never brought a piece of legislation to the floor and failed to pass it. And she is not about to start now.”

And, finally, top White House adviser David Axelrod is now aggressively making the case that Republicans have frequently resorted to reconciliation in the past, suggesting that the full court press is underway:

“Every single Republican Senator in that room I believe has cast votes for reconciliation, including for the largest tax cut in history that dwarfed this legislation...”

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