> Filibuster rules were changed because Obama wanted the affordable care act. This is not true. No filibuster rules were changed to accommodate the ACA. You

> Filibuster rules were changed because Obama wanted the affordable care act. This is not true. No filibuster rules were changed to accommodate the ACA. You might be confused because prt of the ACA was passed under reconciliation, a long-existing exception to the filibuster rules that allows spending and taxation laws to be passed without requiring a supermajority to invoke cloture. Reconciliation has been part of the Senate rules since 1974. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_...