With this primer, Kaiser Health News details the budget reconciliation process. "Democratic leaders, who no longer have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, are weighing the use of arcane budget rules to pass at least part of the long-debated health overhaul package. The procedure ... likely would limit the scope of the legislation. But it would also permit a bill to pass with a simple majority of 51 votes" (Pianin, 1/21). Read entire story. This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation... 
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