I'm interested in the Schumer gambit to squeeze an extra annual reconciliation bill out of the existing rules and I hope it works. But it really underscores what I wrote here. This is such a nuts way for an institution to run. nytimes.com/2021/02/04/opi…
Context on the Schumer gambit: politico.com/newsletters/pl…
Hear me out: What if, instead of two budget reconciliation bills a year, you limited debate on all bills, so you could pass as many bills as you wanted, and they could be written in whatever way you thought best, with 51 votes?
Schumer is working with members of a caucus whose guiding principle when it comes to Senate rules is status quo bias. Schumer is trying to expand the zone of the possible under the existing rules. I applaud it. But status quo bias is a bad guiding principle.
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