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Rational Security: The “Mar-a-gate v. Water-a-Lago” Edition

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The Reconciliation Process Is Stretching the Limits, but Not Dismantling Them

"We have not quite yet, sort hove crossed the rubicon into a full abolition of the guard rails around around reconciliation," he says. "That's largely because at any given moment like what will you get the senators in the majority party to accept? And right now, this kind of equilibrium where we're stretching the boundaries, but not dismantling them entirely, is what you can get 50 democratic senitors to vote for." 'It's entirely possible that the next time republicans have unified party control, they may choose to abolish the legislative hill buster entirely,' Mr Obama adds.

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