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Reconciliation

A process used to expedite the passage of partisan budget-related legislation. To advance legislation, the Senate typically requires 60 votes to proceed with legislation, thanks to...

Budget Reconciliation and Health Policy: Understanding the Legislative Process and Where Congress May Go Next

Key Takeaways - The FY 2027 budget process is underway, with the president submitting his proposal April 3 and committees beginning hearings the week of April 13. Senate leadership...

Budget Reconciliation and Health Policy: Understanding the Legislative Process and Where Congress May Go Next

Key Takeaways The FY 2027 budget process is underway, with the president submitting his proposal April 3 and committees beginning hearings the week of April 13. Senate leadership...

House adopts Senate-passed budget resolution, marking next step toward narrow reconciliation bill

The House April 29 passed a Senate-approved budget resolution by a 215-211 vote. Now that the House and Senate have passed ide...

Senate adopts budget resolution, sets up path for narrow reconciliation bill

The Senate April 23 adopted a budget resolution by a 50-48 vote, paving the way for a narrow reconciliation bill focused on immigration enforcement funding. Congressional Republica...

How does budget reconciliation work? Here’s everything you need to know.

Valerie Insinna outlines how Congress draws up a military spending plan for the year ahead.

Trump calls for Republicans to unify around budget reconciliation push

Budget reconciliation would allow conservative lawmakers to bypass Democratic opposition in Senate with simple majority.

Will the House Do as the Senate Tells It on Reconciliation?

In the wee hours of Thursday morning, the Senate adopted a budget framework to provide funds for immigration enforcement that Democrats have denied since February. But getting that...

Reconciliation 2.0 and healthcare chances

Congress returns from a one-week recess, with most focus on advancing reconciliation 2.0. Before leaving for recess, House Republicans passed the reconciliation 2.0 budget resoluti...

Reconciliation ‘floodgates’ about to open after slow start for contracts, Hegseth says

“Why do we suddenly have a two part budget where this committee and the Congress generally has oversight and input, to a process where a corner of the budget is essentially a slush...

Reconciliation bill text would fund ICE, CBP, ballroom security

Two Republican-led Senate committees late Monday released legislative text to flesh out a nearly $70 billion reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement agencies at the...

Senate GOP is kickstarting budget reconciliation to fund ICE. Here's how that works

After a historic partial shutdown of Homeland Security, congressional Republicans are looking to a budgetary tool that could enable them to fund immigration enforcement agencies wi...

How Republicans in Congress could fully fund ICE for years to come — and maybe do more

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are once again looking toward the complex budget reconciliation process as a way to achieve some of their policy goals without Democratic votes...

Senate Passes Budget Resolution To Fund ICE; Will House Deliver?

Senate committee shrinks LA GATOR and education funding to address deficit

BATON ROUGE – After a 30-minute meeting with no debate, a Senate committee voted 9-0 to advance the state budget on Thursday, removing the $43.5 million expansion of the...

Senate Prepares to Advance Major Budget Framework for Border

The Senate is about to try to use one of Congress’ most powerful tools—the budget reconciliation process—to fund border security and immigration enforcement over Democrats’... Read...

Defense reconciliation bill could come after ICE, border patrol effort: Graham

“Defense hawks want defense money in the reconciliation bill. I’m trying to keep it as small and focused as possible,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, who chairs the Senate Budget Commit...

Why One ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Wasn’t Enough for Republicans

With midterms losses likely, the GOP suddenly wants to use reconciliation to force through ICE funding and other Trump priorities.

Nebraska passes budget bills with work still needed to fill projected deficit

LINCOLN — Lawmakers passed the final adjustments to Nebraska’s two-year budget Wednesday, with several revenue-raising bills passing later that morning that will help fill the stat...

Will ‘reconciliation’ end the DHS shutdown? How an old tool is seeing creative uses.

Senate Republicans are trying to end the DHS shutdown by using reconciliation to get past Democratic opposition to funding immigration law enforcement.

Trump to propose $1.5 trillion defense budget, banking on $350 billion from reconciliation

The fiscal 2027 request, to be formally revealed Friday, marks the first time that base budget defense spending has hit the $1 trillion mark, with reconciliation funds on top of th...

How Republicans in Congress could fully fund ICE for years to come — and maybe do more

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are once again looking toward the complex budget reconciliation process as a way to achieve some of their policy goals without Democratic votes...

Reconcilation Bill Funding Top Trump Priorities Can't Reach Floor, Thune Sends Senate on Early Recess

HASC chair: Trillion-dollar defense budgets are the ‘new normal.’ Reconciliation is less certain.

Many of the administration’s military space priorities bank on abnormal budget maneuvers.