GOP Plots Revenge
Reconciliation May Shut Down Senate
By David M. Drucker
Roll Call Staff
Roll Call Staff
April 23, 2009, 12 a.m.
As Senate Democrats move closer to using reconciliation to pass health care reform this year, key GOP Senators are signaling plans to avenge the move by employing parliamentary tactics to trip up even the most noncontroversial of agenda items.
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