Negotiating Sugar Trade In Bilateral Free Trade

America Was Founded On Majority Rule, Not Supermajority Rule. Somehow, Over The Years, This Has Morphed Into Supermajority Rule, And That Changes Things.

When Republicans Used Reconciliation In 2001 For The Bush Tax Cuts, They Used It To Increase The Deficit. The Whole Purpose Of Reconciliation Is For Deficit Reduction!

I Would Do Away With Super Pacs. I Think It's A Cancer.

The Only Possible Role That I Can See For Reconciliation Would Be To Make Modest Changes In The Major Package To Improve Affordability, To Deal With What Share Of Medicaid Expansion The Federal Government Pays, Those Kinds Of Issues, Which Is The Traditional Role For Reconciliation In Health Care.

Reducing Our Dependence On Foreign Energy - That Is Critically Important To America's Economic Future. Excellence In Education - If We're Not The Best Educated, We're Not Going To Be The Most Powerful For Very Long.