Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough’s preliminary decision on using budget reconciliation opens the door to potentially giving Democrats the chance to move a total of six pieces of legislation with just 51 votes before the end of this Congress, CNN reports.
But MacDonough has not made her final rulings and Senate Democrats are still undecided on whether they’ll use the new flexibility.
Wall Street Journal: “But even if Democrats can employ the process more frequently, measures passed through reconciliation will still need to comply with a number of Senate rules, including that they have a direct impact on the budget.”
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