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The Senate’s parliamentarian has ruled that Democrats can use
budget reconciliation for a second time in the same fiscal year, a spokesman
for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said. Senate Democrats’ ability to use the legislative tool means
that, hypothetically, they could pass President Joe Biden’s disputed
infrastructure bill with a simple majority vote instead of the 60 votes
required to override a filibuster. If reconciliation proceeds, then Democrats would have enough
votes to pass Biden’s infrastructure and tax packages with Vice
President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking vote if every senator in the party
votes in favor. |
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