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VP Joe Biden Could Override Reconciliation Rules

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Vice President Joe Biden could play a bigger role when it comes to the health-care process going forward than most people previously understood.

Former Senate parliamentarian of 37 years Robert Dove said on MSNBC's The Daily Rundown that the vice president, who also functions as the president of the Senate, can override the parliamentarian when it comes to what qualifies under reconciliation.

"The parliamentarian only can advise," Dove said. "It is the vice president who rules."

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/03/01/2215134.aspx

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  • I had forgotten that the Vice President could override the senate's parliamentarian rule. Nobody, or rather no vice president has ever exercised that right since Humphrey I believe. I, for one will be watching this story and thanks for posting.

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