Former Reconciliation Supporter Hatch Attacks Reconciliation As Unconstitutional | Talking Points Memo

On April 16, 2001, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) took to Fox News to boast about the GOP’s first major use of the budget reconciliation process in the Bush-era. “I think we can do a reconciliation bill that’ll have an overwhelming number of senators and congresspeople voting for this $1.3 trillion to $1.6 trillion tax cut,” he said.


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