Dems lay out 22 uses of majority-vote tactic in Senate's past

Democratic staffers laid out Thursday the 22 instances Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says a majority-vote maneuver were used in the past.

Staff circulated a summary of the instances since 1980 in which congressional leaders used budget reconciliation to pass legislation.

The process is under consideration by Democratic leaders as a maneuver to finish work on healthcare legislation.

The reconciliation process lets leaders pass a piece of legislation with only a simple majority, instead of the 60 votes normally needed to bypass a filibuster.

Reid has said the process has hardly been uncommon, pointing to the 22 examples. Republicans have protested, meanwhile, that using the tactic is rare and hyperpartisan -- though they have used the move in recent history to pass legislation of their own.

Here's the list of the bills passed under reconciliation. Note, though, that three of them were vetoed at different points in the process. Those bills' names are italicized. 

Update, 2:24 p.m.: A Senate Republican aide responds: "The bottom line is that reconciliation has never been used to fundamentally restructure a sixth of the American economy, never been done on an issue of this magnitude on a strictly partisan basis.”

1981
H.Con.Res. 307
Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-499)
   
1982
H.Con.Res. 115
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (P.L. 97-35)

1983
S.Con.Res. 92
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (P.L. 97-248)
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 (P.L. 97-253)
   
1984
H.Con.Res. 91
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1983 (P.L. 98-270)
   
1986
S.Con.Res. 32
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-272)
   
1987
S.Con.Res. 120
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-509)
   
1988
S,Con.Res. 93
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-203)

1990
H.Con.Res. 106
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (P.L. 101-239)
   
1991
H.Con.Res. 310
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-508)
   
1994
H.Con.Res. 64
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-66)
   
1996
H.Con.Res. 67
Balanced Budget Act of 1995
   
1997
H.Con.Res. 178
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193)

1998
H.Con.Res. 84
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-33)
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-34)
   
2000
H.Con.Res. 68
Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act of 1999 (H.R. 2488)
   
2001
H.Con.Res. 290
Marriage Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2000 (H.R. 4810)
   
2002
H.Con.Res. 83
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-16)
   
2004
H.Con.Res. 95
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-27)
   
2006
H.Con.Res. 95
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-171)
Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-222)
   
2008
S.Con.Res. 21
College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-84)