only lose five votes.
democrat alexandria
ocasio-cortez insist the wage
hike be in a coronavirus bill.
any problem with liberals could
deliver a loss to presidentwide.
neil?
neil: chad, let me see if i
understand this right.
you're an encyclopedia with this
stuff, get it through my thick
skull, the parliamentarian can
decide, a hike in the minimum
wage can be part of a
reconciliation bill and that
person can't be challenged or
final word is that
parliamentarian?
reporter: you could challenge
it.
here is how it works.
you consider the bill
underbudget reconciliation which
means you eliminate a
filibuster.
don't need 60 votes to cut off a
filibuster.
you need 51 votes to pas the
bill.
this is where it gets
complicated and this is
significant.
if you need to wave the budget
act, the idea the budget act
created reconciliation process,
this is the structure they're
considering this bill, you can
wave the budget act and overrule
the parliamentarian, i say