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Getting laws passed via "budget reconciliation" should be stopped, it is a slippery slope. Both parties are so busy with short term thinking they are willing to
by mchusma 5y ago
Getting laws passed via "budget reconciliation" should be stopped, it is a slippery slope. Both parties are so busy with short term thinking they are willing to erode a lot of checks and balances. (This is also how we have expanded so much power in the executive branch).
- smileysteve 5y agoIf laws can only be passed using reconciliation (because of the filibuster) then only reconcilation will create laws.
- bbatha 5y agoWe're already at the bottom of the slope and covered in mud. This isn't the place to draw the line. Since 2012 virtually all major legislation has passed through reconciliation and it has pretty common dating back to the 90s.
- gaze 5y agowhat checks and balances? lol.