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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (42057)	3/12/2010 2:41:42 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Reconciliation is a legislative process of the United States Senate intended to allow consideration of a contentious budget bill without the threat of filibuster. en.wikipedia.org This isn't a budget bill. Its a bill for the creation of a new entitlement. The process might have been abused before, but this would be the biggest example. Also from that article "The Byrd Rule (as described below) was adopted in 1985 and amended in 1990. Its main effect has been to prohibit the use of reconciliation for provisions that would increase the deficit beyond 10 years after the reconciliation measure." This bill would increase deficits well beyond 10 years after the reconciliation measure.