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Mike Johnson: “The reason we're using reconciliation is because it is the…”

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

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They worked so hard and we delivered for the people and we made them promises and that's what we're fulfilling in the one big beautiful bill. Everybody needs to remember The reason we're using reconciliation is because it is the way around the 60 vote threshold. You only need 51 votes in the Senate. If we don't do it in reconciliation, reconciling the budget and saving these costs, saving money for the people, then we've got to do regular order. (12:47–12:55)

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Asserts that reconciliation is used to bypass the 60-vote threshold in the Senate, requiring only 51 votes.

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