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Brian Schatz: “Reconciliation is a way to circumvent the filibuster.”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

Schatz: Instead Of Lowering Costs, Republicans Are Spending $70 Billion On Rogue Agency

Published April 22, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:42

People really are struggling just to get by. And we in the United States Congress have got to be focused on helping them. We have this very limited tool called Reconciliation is a way to circumvent the filibuster. It's a way to do things on just a purely partisan basis. And both parties have used this tool. It's really only available once every fiscal year. (00:42–00:45)

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Asserts that reconciliation can bypass the filibuster in Congress.

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