The United States government should not provide Viagra to sex offenders. That should be a very easy statement to agree with, even for Democrats who strongly favor the far-left Obama agenda. But thanks to Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), Senate Democrats may have to publicly vote against an amendment to health care legislation entitled "No Erectile Dysfunction Drugs To Sex Offenders."

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Easter eggs won't be the only things hidden this spring. President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) plan to hop through the halls of Congress, doing whatever they can to shove their idea of health care reform through the legislative process before their fellow Democrats go home for the Easter recess and have to face their constituents.

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Senate Republicans have a counter attack ready if, despite the president's allegedly bipartisan summit, Democrats try to pass Obamacare via mis-use of the reconciliation process. While that process requires only a simple majority to pass a bill and limits debate time, it does not limit the number or content of proposed amendments to a reconciliation bill and Republicans could offer hundreds of them, forcing Democrats to vote on each one.

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As the Democrats attempt to ram their hugely unpopular idea of health care reform through the legislative process, there is increased interest in how that process works. There's been plenty of talk lately about reconciliation and how the Obama machine will most likely attempt to mis-use this part of the budget process and that brings us to another little known moment in US Senate history known as the Byrd Rule.

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While calling for more civility and bipartisanship, President Obama is bastardizing the legislative process in a strong armed attempt to ram through Obamacare despite the will of the American people. Before his televised health care summit with congressional Republicans next week, Mr. Obama will publish his own health care plan as a privileged budget reconciliation bill according to a senior congressional aide. (source)

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