Senator Mike Lee of Utah is organizing training sessions for Republican congressional staffers to prepare them for handling key parts of President-elect Donald Trump's agenda using budget reconciliation. This process allows Republicans to bypass the filibuster, moving legislation forward with a simple majority.
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah is convening training for Republican congressional staffers aimed at preparing them to smoothly steer segments of key parts of President-elect Donald Trump 's agenda next year through Congress – specifically by mastering a crucial procedural tool known as budget reconciliation . Republicans are expected to use budget reconciliation to pass much of Trump's tax and economic policies because it is not subject to the legislative filibuster and its 60-vote threshold.
senate aide told Fox News Digital that the trainings for staffers are meant to familiarize them with the budget reconciliation process, which they noted can be complicated. In order for provisions to be included in reconciliation, they must meet the Senate rules governing the process. In order to be done through reconciliation, policies must be budgetary in nature, usually having to do with spending or the debt limit, for example.
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