Monday, 24 March 2025 13:30

What is reconciliation in Congress?

Written by David Wessel

With 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats (or Democratic-caucusing independents) in the Senate in the 119th Congress—and Republicans therefore shy of the 60 votes needed to avoid a filibuster—there is attention to a legislative process for getting tax and spending bills through the Senate known as reconciliation. Here’s what it is and how it works.

What is reconciliation in Congress?
By David Wessel, The Brookings Institution, January 13, 2025

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