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A government funding bill can circumvent the Senate’s 60‑vote filibuster threshold by using the budget reconciliation process, which permits passage with a simple majority but is constrained by strict...
Yes — has repeatedly used the budget process to pass omnibus "reconciliation" bills that bundle mandatory spending, revenue, and debt-limit changes into a single, expedited measure (often described as...
is a congressionally created fast‑track process that lets budget‑related bills be considered without the standard 60‑vote cloture threshold by sharply limiting debate and amendment opportunities, so a...
Congress’s appropriations process is a multi-step system that starts with the President’s budget request and proceeds through a congressional budget resolution, 302(a)/302(b) allocations, and the work...
The Senate’s 60-vote “threshold” is not a single constitutional mandate but a collection of rules and practices — primarily cloture under Rule XXII and the filibuster — that make 60 votes the de facto...
Senator Robert C. Byrd (D‑WV) was a long‑serving Senate leader and parliamentary expert who in 1985 sponsored what became known as the “Byrd Rule” to curb inclusion of non‑budgetary or “extraneous” it...