Important new Dem scheme to pass Obamacare using Biden to override Senate parliamentarian on reconciliation

The reconciliation process which the Dems plan to use to pass Obamacare requires that any provision of the bill be intended only to alter budget outlays and reduce the deficit.Normally,this is determined by the Senate Parliamentarian.But as Robert Dove fmr.Senate Parliamentarian has noted:" Biden, in his constitutional capacity as President of the Senate, could override any ruling by the parliamentarian, though 'no vice president, frankly, since Nelson Rockefeller in 1975, has exercised that right.'" Healthcare reform and reconciliation a bad mix, ex-parliamentarian says By Jeffrey Young -The Hill 02/16/10 RRD Trackback sent to http://www.westandfirm.org/blog/2010/02/obamacare-nuclear-option.html