Official Georgia Senate Runoff Election Thread - Page 11

Reconciliation (United States Congress)
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Reconciliation is a legislative process of the United States Congress that expedites the passage of certain budgetary legislation in the United States Senate. The Senate filibuster effectively requires a 60-vote super-majority for the passage of most legislation in the Senate, but reconciliation provides a process to prevent the use of the filibuster and thereby allow the passage of a bill with simple majority support in the Senate.

The reconciliation procedure also exists in the United States House of Representatives, but reconciliation has had a less significant impact on that body.[1]

Reconciliation bills can be passed on spending, revenue, and the federal debt limit, and the Senate can pass one bill per year affecting each subject. Congress can thus pass a maximum of three reconciliation bills per year, though in practice it has often passed a single reconciliation bill affecting both spending and revenue.[2] Policy changes that are extraneous to the budget are limited by the "Byrd Rule", which also prohibits reconciliation bills from increasing the federal deficit after a ten-year period or making changes to Social Security.

The reconciliation process was created by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and was first used in 1980. Bills passed using the reconciliation process include the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

I honestly hope we don't need to go through this nail biter kind of vote for immigration reform where it depends on 1 senator. Start immigration with a bipartisan committe. We all saw how effective it was at getting the covid relief done.

At the very least if dems truly hold the lead and take the senate, enshrine daca into law so the next president and any after cannot terrorize us for the hell of it. Give us the guarantee of protection and safety. That is the very least I will ask for. We can work and live unimpeded.

BREAKING: Mitch McConnell spotted as GA runoff results roll in:

Georgia!

I’m laughing my Ossoff. Let’s go baby.

Holy hell

Both goes to Dems

What the hell happened with Georgia going all out blue

For once we can thank Trump. Thank you Mr!

What a great start to the 2021!

Ossoff won according to DDHQ

Special - called for Warnock.
General - Ossoff has a 9.5k lead.

PLEASE GOD, just someone call it so i can go to sleep happy!