The yearlong congressional health care gridlock has inspired several pundits, editorial columnists and members of Congress to call for budget reconciliation as a solution to the impasse. This procedure, a provision of The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, was designed to force committees to make changes in both entitlement and mandatory spending to reduce deficits by streamlining tax and budget deals.
COLUMN: Reconciliation wrong in past, wrong today in health care
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 | 12:01 a.m. CST;
updated 9:33 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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