Congressional Quarterly and The New Republic are reporting that House and Senate negotiators, along with members of the Obama administration, have determined that the final budget will include reconciliation instructions for health care.
As I detailed in this post–already outdated–that’s a huge deal. Keep the date October 15 in mind. If the House and Senate don’t agree on a comprehensive health reform bill by that date, this tactic will be operative.
Now the conferees will smooth over other discrepancies between the House and Senate budgets and then both bodies will vote on a final resolution.
