House narrowly clears budget, paving way for $1.5 trillion tax cut

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10. the budget resolution is a nasty trick.

budget resolutions don't require a cloture vote in the senate, so simply majority is enough.

then "reconciliation" bills can also then bypass a cloture vote as long as they don't blow the budget.

so the trick is to pass a budget resolution that includes enough room for whatever you're trying to pass via reconciliation.



works great for republicans things like tax cuts.

doesn't work as well for democratic things like creating government programs, because this process is only for budget reconciliation stuff. so it would work for an aca improvement, for instance, but not for creating a new regulatory body. still need cloture for that.