Daily Archives: 2010 January 22

What the heck is reconciliation?

Posted on 2010 January 22 by mongreldogs

(a) The rite in the Catholic Church formerly known as penace. (b) A process whereby congressional resolutions are harmonized with the budget.  Under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, it provides a procedure to consider (certain types of) bills without … Continue reading →

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The Democratic playbook

Posted on 2010 January 22 by mongreldogs

in convenient cartoon form. I got this via Ezra Klein’s fantastic blog, but apparently it’s by Tom Toles.

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