Sentences with phrase «budget reconciliation process»

(The agencies have incorporated that expectation in all estimates for legislative proposals related to the mandate that they have prepared after the 2017 budget reconciliation process ended in September.)

Opponents of drilling in the coastal plain point to the very vehicle in which Congress is trying to open it up — through the special budget reconciliation process that requires just 51 votes in the Senate — as evidence that through traditional channels they still do not have the political will to drill in the Arctic refuge.

Through the budget reconciliation process — which would avoid a drawn - out fight and filibuster by Democrats — Republicans can adjust only parts of the law that have to do with the federal government's finances.

The Senate this week is expected to pass a fiscal 2018 budget resolution, a step toward unlocking the budget reconciliation process.

Congressional Republicans are attempting to pass their tax legislation using the budget reconciliation process.

Notwithstanding the fact that a complete repeal is unlikely due to Senate filibuster rules that would require 60 Senate votes to pass, Republicans could use the budget reconciliation process to immediately remove key revenue provisions of the law, including Medicaid expansion funding, the unpopular Cadillac tax on high - cost coverage, and the penalties for either not having or not offering health insurance, known as the individual and employer mandates, respectively.

The ability for Republicans to use the budget reconciliation process, which allows them to bypass Democratic filibuster threats, runs out on September 30.

Senators can't pass legislation that increases the long - run (traditionally defined as 10 - plus years into the future) deficit through the budget reconciliation process, a process that enables senators to evade the filibuster and pass bills with only 51 votes (or 50 plus Vice President Mike Pence).

Republicans could try to use the budget reconciliation process, which requires only a simply majority in the Senate, to make changes to Dodd - Frank regulations that affect federal spending and taxes.

Republicans have suggested using the budget reconciliation process to push legislation through Congress, and one of the requirements of budget reconciliation is that a super-majority is required to approve provisions that lose revenue for the government beyond the budget window, which is normally 10 years.

The budget reconciliation process begins with the passage of a concurrent budget resolution in both chambers of Congress that includes reconciliation instructions.

This was all being done via the budget reconciliation process, to avoid having to get 60 votes.

They were able to identify a workaround through the budget reconciliation process, and developed a multi-stage plan in order to enact as much of their desired policies as possible without assuming any Democratic support.

Now, any future legislation on healthcare can not happen under the budget reconciliation process.

The Senate Budget Committee has already proposed voting on the matter during the budget reconciliation process, where Sen. Charles Schumer «s 48 - seat Democratic minority would be unable to use the filibuster to obstruct it.

And it would not be surprising to see Alexander capitalize on bipartisan interest in these ideas, which would be needed to reach the 60 - vote filibuster threshold (unless the Republican leadership end the filibuster or use the budget reconciliation process to avoid it).

A federal tax credit scholarship program could be part of a larger tax reform bill and pass through the budget reconciliation process with only 51 votes in the Senate.

Obama included provisions outlining a cap and trade system in his budget, but prospects of passing the cap through the budget reconciliation process are dim — 28 senators formally protested the move.