On the recordMarch 11, 2010
My friend from South Dakota hit the nail on the head. I appreciate his remarks. If this legislation were sound policy, if it incorporated consensus ideas, if it had any level of real support among the American people, Washington liberals would not need to use the gimmicks they are using. They wouldn't have to use the tricks that are being used. They wouldn't have to use the spin that the Senator from South Dakota so accurately described. I mentioned earlier that the reconciliation process has never been used to enact sweeping social legislation that did not have wide bipartisan support.
