Rushed Reconciliation

When one thinks of reconciliation, one associates the word with forgiveness. However, in politics, this is not the case.

When a bill of reconciliation is being talked about in Washington, it isn't a typical thing. It is a maneuver that is used to allow bills to be passed with a lower majority than they usually require. To me, this is very controversial. According to most polls, The People disagree with the radical health care reform that was passed last year.

I'm going to go ahead and say it - This is an outright dirty move. The Democrats are scared so they are going to again try to shove their political agenda down our throats whether we like it or not. In the case of the Senate, it would lower the amount of votes required to pass the bill from 60 to 51. It is obvious that this is an attempt to block any type of opposition - from Republicans and even moderate Democrats. With the election of Senator Scott Brown, the GOP clenched the 40th vote to filibuster or debate any bill.

If the Democrats follow through with this, I only predict that this will ultimately destroy the already divided party.