Instead of working with Democrats to pair this funding with common sense reforms and stronger accountability measures that are much needed, Republicans chose to use a process called called reconciliation to get this done. Reconciliation is a special budget process that allows the party in power to move certain legislation through the Senate with a simple majority vote instead of the usual 60 vote threshold. In other words, it allows them to avoid bipartisan negotiations and simply move forward on their own. And that's exactly what happened here. (00:58–01:09)
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Explains that reconciliation allows legislation to pass the Senate with a simple majority, bypassing the 60-vote threshold.
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