• adarza@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    its passage was inevitable. iirc republicants had the option to ram it through as a reconciliation bill anyway (simple majority, no 60 for cloture needed).

    he basically just ‘saved’ this year’s reconciliation for something else–that’ll probably be even worse.

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      “Budget reconciliation bills can deal with mandatory spending, revenue, and the federal debt limit, and the Senate can pass one bill per year affecting each subject.”

      For anyone else out of the know