14 of the 19 times the budget reconciliation process has been used between FY1981 – FY2005, it was used to advance Republican interests. 14 of the 19 times the budget reconciliation process has been used between FY1981 – FY2005, it was used to advance Republican interests. Quit ‘yer cryin’, it’s how things are done. It’s OK when you do it, right? 14 of 19 times… seven of nine point five times… seventy percent of its use in the past thirty years has been OK for you to use it finance wars on the backs of tax cuts for the war machine while bailing out the banks and insurance companies. Why not now? Other than you’re stupid. Cry-babies. Candy-assed cry-babies.