Harry Reid spoke, in his opening statement at today’s health-care forum, about the possibility of using reconciliation to pass the bill— a tactic that Sen. Lamar Alexander asked Democrats to set aside during his opening statement. He expressed some faux incredulity that Republicans were even suggesting Democrats would use the 51-vote threshold to pass major legislation.
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