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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (79930)	2/25/2010 8:57:53 PM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224836

If they use reconciliation for the bloated take-over bill they will be severely limiting their success in November.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (79930)	2/25/2010 9:27:36 PM
From: d[-_-]b	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224836

Byrd Rule Further information: Sunset provision: The Budget Act and the Byrd Rule Reconciliation generally involves legislation that changes the budget deficit (or conceivably, the surplus). The "Byrd Rule" (2 U.S.C. § 644, named after Democratic Senator Robert Byrd) was adopted in 1985 and amended in 1990 to outline which provisions reconciliation can and cannot be used for. The Byrd Rule defines a provision to be "extraneous" (and therefore ineligible for reconciliation) in six cases: if it does not produce a change in outlays or revenues; if it produces an outlay increase or revenue decrease when the instructed committee is not in compliance with its instructions; if it is outside the jurisdiction of the committee that submitted the title or provision for inclusion in the reconciliation measure; if it produces a change in outlays or revenues which is merely incidental to the non-budgetary components of the provision; if it would increase the deficit for a fiscal year beyond those covered by the reconciliation measure, though the provisions in question may receive an exception if they in total in a Title of the measure net to a reduction in the deficit; and if it recommends changes in Social Security.