This bill does carry the force of law and is advanced under what’s known as the “reconciliation” process, often referred to as a reconciliation bill. This process typically takes months.

Many Republicans in the upper chamber have maintained that their preference would be two reconciliation bills, even after Trump's meeting with the Senate GOP earlier this month. Dealing with the ...

The process of altering actual spending, including spending on “mandatory” programs like Medicaid, to reach the target number is known as the budget reconciliation process. A key check on ...

As a refresher in arcane Congressional Procedure 101, each chamber must pass a resolution with spending and revenue targets to kick off budget reconciliation. That’s the process that lets ...

Top Senate Republicans want to pass their party’s wide-ranging agenda with two different acts by using a legislative process called budget reconciliation, a technical workaround that avoids the ...

“I don’t know, is he going?” Trump asked reporters in Washington shortly before the trip. “I don’t know, I mean I really don’t. Because, if he was going to be there, it would be cheaper.

The House GOP aims to craft a “blueprint” for reconciliation this week, with committee chairs set to discuss possible spending cuts during a Florida retreat. — The Transportation Department ...

His push comes as the White House and Republican congressional leaders have been in talks about using the budget reconciliation process to pass sweeping proposals on energy, the border and taxes.

Budget reconciliation, used 23 times since it was created by the 1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act, could have enormous implications for school spending, student lending, and school ...

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 ...