Except 16 of the 22 times it was used, reconciliation was used by a Republican majority. Hmmm.
http://www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog/2009/04/the-legislative-history-of-reconciliation-19802008.html
Are you sure? Look at the dates on its use. Seems to me that Dems were in charge of the Senate in most cases. In any event, just three years ago Democrats were hysterical at the mere thought of its use by Republicans to push through a SCOTUS nomination (which they never had to do). I do just love the way this process was called the "nuclear option" when Republicans were in power, but now it's referred to, simply, as "reconciliation."