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Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it. You didn't have a real partisan issue on those times that it was used.

Tom Coburn

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Die Wohlfahrtsreform fand mit der Versöhnung statt; die Hälfte der Demokraten stimmte dafür. Die Steuersenkungen von Bush fanden mit der Versöhnung statt; zwölf demokratische Senatoren stimmten dafür. Sie hatten zu den Zeiten, in denen sie benutzt wurden, kein echtes Partisanenproblem.

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