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In reply to the discussion: I found this on reddit about the repeal vote. [View all]catbyte
(39,361 posts)67. So the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities is wrong?
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/introduction-to-budget-reconciliation
Under Senate interpretations of the Congressional Budget Act, the Senate can consider the three basic subjects of reconciliation spending, revenues, and debt limit in a single bill or multiple bills, but it can consider each of these three in only one bill per year (unless Congress passes a second budget resolution). Consequently, in the Senate there can be a maximum of three reconciliation bills in a year, one for each of the basic subjects of reconciliation.
This rule is most significant if the first reconciliation bill that the Senate takes up affects both spending and revenues. Even if that bill is overwhelmingly devoted to only one of those subjects, no subsequent reconciliation bill can affect either revenues or spending because the first bill already addressed them.
Under Senate interpretations of the Congressional Budget Act, the Senate can consider the three basic subjects of reconciliation spending, revenues, and debt limit in a single bill or multiple bills, but it can consider each of these three in only one bill per year (unless Congress passes a second budget resolution). Consequently, in the Senate there can be a maximum of three reconciliation bills in a year, one for each of the basic subjects of reconciliation.
This rule is most significant if the first reconciliation bill that the Senate takes up affects both spending and revenues. Even if that bill is overwhelmingly devoted to only one of those subjects, no subsequent reconciliation bill can affect either revenues or spending because the first bill already addressed them.
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Actually they can. See my post about Mitch's attempt at a slick 2-reconciliation
tblue37
Jul 2017
#23
No. They can try to do a tax bill through reconciliation after the new fiscal year starts on
tblue37
Jul 2017
#41
Oh, and after Oct. 1 they can try to use reconciliation for a tax bill, but they have used up their
tblue37
Jul 2017
#42
They will use the reconciliation opportunity for next fiscal year on their tax cut bill.
tblue37
Jul 2017
#43
I wonder when Trump, Pence, and the Republican senators (minus Collins and Murkowski)
janx
Jul 2017
#8
ODonnell just covered this ... McCain HAD to get it to the floor otherwise they'd keep bringing it u
uponit7771
Jul 2017
#10
Saw some headline recently that Trump was telling them to change the rules.
keithbvadu2
Jul 2017
#12
A number of the Repubs were angry at McConnell. Heard 1 on tv today say he ought to resign.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2017
#22
Mitch really put them on the spot by forcing them to vote for such an unpopular bill
tblue37
Jul 2017
#25
Well, I'll be. I regret that I was angry at McCain for the vote to go to a vote. nt
Honeycombe8
Jul 2017
#21
They can't use reconciliation again this fiscal year--and they can't waste their only
tblue37
Jul 2017
#44
I had forgotten the part that consideration of budget reconciliation once a year by senate....
Lyricalinklines
Jul 2017
#38
They won't try healthcare again this fiscal year, b/c if they couldn't get 51, they
tblue37
Jul 2017
#45
One thing they ignored is that messing with healthcare like that (1/6 of the economy!)
tblue37
Jul 2017
#50
Superior, educational, delicious post, Fla! And these replies are simply brilliant! Thanks to all!!
Leghorn21
Jul 2017
#52