Good Afternoon Jon,

goin’ O/T –

I was expecting more twists and turns, but sure as hell didn’t see this one coming:

Mike Ross advocates a Medicare for All plan:

“I — speaking only on behalf of myself — suggested one possible idea could be that instead of creating an entirely new government bureaucracy to administer a public option, Medicare could be offered as a choice to compete alongside private insurers for those Americans eligible to enter the national health insurance exchange, but at a reimbursement rate much greater than current Medicare rates,” Ross said in a statement to The Hill

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Steve Benen

of course I concur with Steve, this is some pipe dream to wreck reform – but was bemused nonetheless

and frankly a little politically dangerous to give potential opponent’s an on the record statement like this

now that I think about it, this is how we got Title IX – some boll weevil included it as a rider so as to put the kibosh on the civil rights bill

A detailed treatment of what cbl2 is talking about

Gah! Need a primer on how reconciliation works start to finish. Don’t understand it.

Reconciliation An Introduction via Square State

pretty good, believe it was Jerome a Paris who recommended it. the basics and the current atmospherics.

will keep looking over at Kagro’s place. he has a reconciliation tag but it keeps looping. pretty sure he covered the basics in an open thread but having trouble finding it and I would rully like his take

let me know if you come across anything

Thanks. I’ve looked over at Kargo X’s place as well and nothing jumped out at me. He’s all about the details but in a continuing discussion kind of way… Going to read your link right now!

They technically didn’t need to get 60 votes before. All they had to do was use the “nuclear option.” We need to hold them responsible for the continuing existence of the filibuster, which is the single biggest reason for the continuing influence of the Republican rump and the blue dogs.