Sentences with phrase «through budget reconciliation»

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.

Not only could such a gift to businesses be looked down upon by American voters, but it would also complicate the GOP's plan to pass tax legislation through budget reconciliation, a process that requires only a simple majority in the Senate but brings with it limitations on adding to the deficit beyond the span of a decade.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

What's more, to get legislation through Congress relying only on Republican votes, the majority must rely on reconciliation instructions contained in a budget resolution.

The tax reform bill they are pushing through the Senate will live and die by a complicated rule — known as the «Byrd Rule,» a condition of the «budget reconciliation» process that allows Republicans to pass legislation with only 51 votes in the Senate.

In total, 20 bills have become law through reconciliation, including the 1990 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, and portions of the Affordable Care Act.

Both tax reform and «repeal and replace» appear to be high priorities for the incoming White House and Congress, but because both have tax and spending components they could not be passed through reconciliation instructions from one budget resolution unless they were part of the same legislation.

In order to allow tax reform legislation that reduces revenues through reconciliation, the budget resolution would have to set a revenue level below current law and give the Ways and Means Committee instructions to reduce revenues.

No, I need to the Spirit to be breathing in my daily work, in labour and breastfeeding, in bedtime soul - talks and lunch packing, in book edits and deadlines, in email and community - building, in budget docs for non-profits and the never - ending prayers for redemption and reconciliation and rescue to break through in this tired world of ours.

Also, I believe there is no filibuster available for tax and budget bills that go through the process called reconciliation with the House.

Schumer said he wasn't certain whether the amendment would be allowed by the Senate parliamentarian, who must decide whether each provision of the bill impacts the federal budget before Republicans can pass it through reconciliation, a procedural move that requires only 51 votes.

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.

The proposal, part of omnibus budget - reconciliation legislation moving through the Congress, would save an estimated $ 10 million in fiscal year 1990 and $ 115 million in 1991.

But Republicans are looking into ramming through changes with just 51 votes through a complicated process known as budget reconciliation.