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LAS14

(13,749 posts)
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 05:32 PM Apr 2021

Would someone explain to me what is "new" about Democrats' use of reconciliation?

Rachel went on and on about how it had been multiplied, but we never could figure out exactly how. And there's a CNN story in Google News about a new "tool." But I couldn't figure out what was new.

Does anyone understand this?

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Would someone explain to me what is "new" about Democrats' use of reconciliation? (Original Post) LAS14 Apr 2021 OP
They found a way to get an extra use of reconcillation... PoliticAverse Apr 2021 #1
I would think this would be limitless dsc Apr 2021 #2
That's up to the Grand Exalted Mystic Parliamentarian to decide. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2021 #3
The parliamentarian said they can use reconciliation to amend budget resolutions Fiendish Thingy Apr 2021 #4

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
1. They found a way to get an extra use of reconcillation...
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 05:41 PM
Apr 2021

From: https://www.axios.com/schumer-senate-filibuster-reconciliation-1973fecf-5204-4402-a908-38dd6ad388d4.html

Top policy aides to Schumer recently argued to the Senate parliamentarian that revising this year's budget resolution could "trigger an additional set of reconciliation instructions," which would allow for further 50-50 votes that are decided by Vice President Harris.

It's not clear how many additional reconciliation opportunities this theory would open up. But the conventional wisdom is that Democrats have just one more shot at reconciliation this year, and this route would give them at least one more.

dsc

(52,130 posts)
2. I would think this would be limitless
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 05:53 PM
Apr 2021

but it would still have the issue of not applying to anything except stuff that affects the budget.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,367 posts)
4. The parliamentarian said they can use reconciliation to amend budget resolutions
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 07:52 PM
Apr 2021

So in addition to using reconciliation to pass budget resolutions, they can also use it to add amendments, such as infrastructure, to an already pass budget resolution, and it doesn’t count against their “once a year” limit.

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