The word “reconciliation” sounds benign, even harmonious. But in Washington, D.C., reconciliation refers to a potent legislative shortcut that allows the party in power to avoid opposition and enact ...

As we await the outcome of the upcoming US elections, we know that whoever controls the White House and Congress will confront one of the biggest tax debates in US history in 2025. It is possible that ...

As a former senior staffer and creature of the U.S. House, I take no pleasure in pointing out that it holds an inflated view of its role in the reconciliation process. This isn’t a knee-jerk reaction ...

Using the reconciliation process to dig the hole deeper has become an engineering feat with bipartisan concurrence.

Republican control of the White House, U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives presents an opportunity to enact law without the need for bipartisan support. Specifically, congressional ...

Reconciliation is a two-stage process in which reconciliation instructions are included in the budget resolution directing the appropriate committees to develop legislation achieving the desired ...

President Donald Trump promised House Republicans they would secure the U.S. border through a reconciliation package at a House GOP issues conference Monday at Trump National Doral, his golf course ...

If you follow what’s going on in Washington, you know that the Trump administration is primed to pursue big changes in federal taxes and spending through a process called “budget reconciliation” (most ...

The GOP plans to come out of the gate next year with a bill focused on energy, the border and defense. Senate Republicans are plotting an ambitious course in the first 30 days of the next Congress as ...

The Republican Study Committee has developed a plan to use the reconciliation process to pass major legislation with 51 Senate votes, providing tax relief, reducing housing and energy costs, and ...

President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Budget Committee Republicans are meeting at the White House on Wednesday morning as discussions on how to extend the 2017 ...

“The appetite for anything reconciliation right now, understandably, is, ‘God, please don’t,’” an energy lobbyist said. Congress’ Republican leaders have handed their members a dream opportunity on a ...