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Reconciliation May Return in 2008

Democrats Eye Using Budget Rules to Move Bills

By Steven T. Dennis and Erin P. Billings
Roll Call Staff
Dec. 19, 2007, Midnight

House and Senate Democrats are considering using next year’s budget as a weapon to bypass Senate Republican filibusters and ensure politically popular legislation reaches the president’s desk.

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February 9, 2012

Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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