"Here's a deal - you drop the filibuster, D's will drop reconciliation. Deal? "

[Pirate Smile]

Brad Woodhouse with the DNC - They are tweets so it's multiple posts written in the fewest characters possible by @woodhouseb. The first few are referencing McCain during the hcr summit. The Tim Kaine ones are from an appearance today on TV:

John, the filibuster is a procedural mechanism for the minority and reconciliation a procedural mechanism for the majority. What's the dif
2:43 PM Feb 25th via web

Senator McCain - almost every piece of HC legislation the last 30 years has been passed thru reconciliation
2:44 PM Feb 25th via web

@pwire: Republicans Have Used Reconciliation More http://pwire.us/Fa7
9:32 PM Feb 25th via mobile web

Tim Kaine - Reconciliation is a rule used in Senate just like the filibuster. Will Republicans drop the filibuster?
about 4 hours ago via mobile web

Tim Kaine on CNN - Republicans have used reconciliation over the years more than Dems - for big stuff - SCHIP, Welfare Reform, COBRA, etc.

Tim Kaine on CNN - Senate Passed Health Care with 60 votes - reconciliation could be used to adjust revenue measure - just as intended

Republicans crying crocodile tears over reconciliation were fine with it to give take breaks to rich and cut prgms for poor
about 4 hours ago via mobile web

R's are calling on D's not to use reconciliation. Here's a deal - you drop the filibuster, D's will drop reconciliation. Deal?
about 1 hour ago via mobile web

http://twitter.com/woodhouseb

We need to really start fighting back against this crap that passing hcr will be through some "jamming", "ramming" or "cramming" it through Congress in some extraordinary way.

It wont.

It passed the Senate the regular way with 60 votes to overcome a filibuster.

It will pass the House in the standard 50% way.

A few small fixes will be done through Reconciliation.

The 2,700 page bill was already passed the old fashioned way on Christmas Eve in the Senate.

[Jennicut]

1. It is a ridiculous notion that we are "jamming" this legislation through that

passed two houses of congress already. Small changes made through reconciliation is not "jamming" anything.