Ever notice when the Republicans used the reconciliation process, it was called Nuclear. But when the Libs use it, it's conveniently called reconciliation, euphemistically now called "a majority vote". This is an excellent dissertation on the use of "Reconciliation" by Newt Gingrich at Human Events:
What Is "Reconciliation" And Why Is It A Threat? And why, exactly, is it so controversial a move...
http://tinyurl.com/yf3p7uc