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Mike Johnson: “Reconciliation process is important because we don't need 60…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Joins John Solomon on Just the News

Published | Video Starts at 07:39

The working families tax cut, we also call it. But that's just the first of several steps. We would like to do another reconciliation bill. And the reason Reconciliation process is important because we don't need 60 votes in the Senate, only 51. one exception to the necessity of 60 votes in the Senate. You can do a reconciliation bill reconciling a budget with only 51 votes, a bare majority. (07:39–07:45)

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