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Jake Auchincloss: “A reconciliation bill is when one party, which is in control…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Published | Video Starts at 05:16

… the midterms and not getting reelected just on the basis of the economy and their alignment with Trump? Yes, and it's crystallizing right now in what's called a reconciliation bill. A reconciliation bill is when one party, which is in control of the House, the Senate and the presidency, tries to ram through party line tax and spending provisions. that circumvents bipartisan mechanisms in Congress. So Democrats did it a couple years ago. We did it for our clean energy proposals. (05:16–05:26)

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Defines a reconciliation bill as a partisan legislative process.

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