Budget reconciliation is a legislative budget procedure that enables Congress to make sweeping changes to taxes and entitlement programs (like SNAP — formerly known as food stamps — Medicaid, and Medicare).
Reconciliation bills have special fast-track privileges that allow them to more easily pass through Congress. They cannot be filibustered in the Senate, and there’s limited opportunity for amendment.
By Stephanie Buggs Faith leaders gathered last month at a 12-hour prayer vigil on Capitol Hill to advocate...
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