Morning Jolt: Democrats Change Their Tune on Senate Rules

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On the menu today: As the Biden administration envisions using reconciliation more frequently, I look back at Democrats' objections to the use of it in 2017; Senate Democrats conclude they can determine criminals' motivations better than the FBI director can; Sidney Powell declares in court that her claims were never meant to be treated as "facts" by "reasonable people"; and AstraZeneca can't put together two good days in a row.

Democrats: See, Reconciliation Is Different When We Do It

A Washington story, in three parts.

Part One: Then-Brooklyn Law School professor Rebecca Kysar, writing in Slate, back in January 2017, objecting to the use of reconciliation to pass the Trump tax cuts:

Reconciliation has been used in the past to enact simple changes in the tax code, but it has never been used for complex tax reform. In fact, the past three tax reform acts were passed with wide bipartisan support. During the Nixon years, tax reform drew upon ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 23 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 23 2021 Democrats Change Their Tune on Senate Rules On the menu today: As the Biden administration envisions using reconciliation more frequently, I look back at Democrats' objections to the use of it in 2017; Senate Democrats conclude they can determine criminals' motivations better than the FBI director can; Sidney Powell declares in court that her claims were never meant to be treated as "facts" by "reasonable people"; and AstraZeneca can't put together two good days in a row. Democrats: See, Reconciliation Is Different When We Do It A Washington story, in three parts. Part One: Then-Brooklyn Law School professor Rebecca Kysar, writing in Slate, back in January 2017, objecting to the use of reconciliation to pass the Trump tax cuts: Reconciliation has been used in the past to enact simple changes in the tax code, but it has never been used for complex tax reform. In fact, the past three tax reform acts were passed with wide bipartisan support. During the Nixon years, tax reform drew upon ...   READ MORE

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