Reconciliation is a powerful fast-track process that can make changes in the budget while bypassing the Senate filibuster. First and foremost, reconciliation is a budget process that must be unlocked ...
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Republicans used “reconciliation” to pass President Trump’s spending priorities. The arcane procedure allowed the “big beautiful bill” to get through the Senate with just 51 votes, instead of the norm ...
Senate Democrats have struggled for months to counter President Donald Trump. Now, with a possible government shutdown ...
Virginia’s senators voted with Democrats not to pass the continuing resolution that would have kept the government open ...
President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law in a White House Ceremony on July 4, 2025. Some ...
Wisconsin Assembly Republican leaders are urging the U.S. Senate to pass a spending bill that averts a shutdown without ...
The House and Senate appropriations committees each approved their own versions of the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Defense Appropriations Act in July, which means that, as lawmakers return from ...