Alexander supported passage of 2003 tax cuts through reconciliation. In 2003, Alexander voted >budget resolution that >for the final version of the 2004 >against an amendment to the Senate version of the budget resolution, proposed by Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), that would have stripped reconciliation instructions from the resolution. He subsequently >Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 itself. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) >for the final version of the fiscal 2005 budget resolution, which also >for the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 itself. The CBO
In quoting GOP criticism of reconciliation, media have ignored Republicans' past support for the tactic. Media Matters for America has >a
>Judd Gregg (R-NH), >Mitch McConnell (R-KY), >Orrin Hatch (R-UT) -- voted to allow the use of the budget reconciliation process to pass legislation during the Bush administration, including tax cuts.
