On the recordMarch 25, 2015
This amendment would delete the reconciliation instructions in Section 201 of the budget resolution. When it comes to tackling the big economic challenges in this country, the best legislation is bipartisan legislation. Using the procedural tactic called budget reconciliation is a guaranteed path to partisanship and gridlock. It would be particularly damaging in the cause of tax reform, where Democrats and Republicans understand, just as in 1986, there is an opportunity for common ground. I also think it would be very unfortunate to use reconciliation to appeal the Affordable Care Act. If it is repealed, America goes back to the dark days when health care was reserved for the healthy and the wealthy. Amendment No. 870 Finally, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside in order to call up amendment No. 870. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oregon [Mr. Wyden], for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Warner, proposes an amendment numbered 870.
