Both were passed through reconciliation, requiring only a majority vote.
However, under the Democrats' strategy, the health care overhaul wouldn't be enacted through reconciliation.
"One is through balance of power and arms, and another is through reconciliation, forgiveness and prayer.
Mr. Ma had promised to strengthen the Taiwanese economy through reconciliation.
"And that was his second great achievement, to achieve change through reconciliation.
The two tribes clash perennially but death tolls have remained low through reconciliation meetings between the communities' elders, Kavoo said.
If they thought this likely — as they should have — they should have laid the legislative groundwork for a second round, through reconciliation if necessary, right at the start.
Over the past 20 years, countries divided by ethnicity and political turmoil, from South Africa to Liberia, from Sierra Leone to Rwanda, have been brought together through reconciliation.
Instead of seeking reconciliation with an original uncreated realm, a true God beyond all gods, the modern Gnostic seeks salvation through "reconciliation with one's own primordial depths," and the sense of consolation that this purely personal experience provides.
The scenario in which Romney has a slim Senate majority and passes major legislation through reconciliation seems likely to lead to a backlash that would endanger any substantial reforms long before they're implemented.
"Our aim is to restore law and order through reconciliation and peaceful means, but that does not mean our troops and those of our ally Ethiopia will not defend themselves as they come under constant attack".
