Didn’t they used to call this the “nuclear option?”

The New Republic, via Memeorandum:

It’s been in the works for a while and now, according to senior Captiol Hill staffers, it’s a done deal: The final budget resolution will include a “reconciliation instruction” for health care. That means the Democrats can pass health care reform with just fifty votes, instead of the sixty it takes to break a filibuster.

I await the New York Times’ denunciation.