So the reconciliation matters enormously. Now, there are a whole series of Rules for what's permissible on reconciliation and what isn't, and they're laid out in the statute. The basic idea is that on reconciliation, you can pass things that are budgetary, but you cannot pass things that are policy. Now, how should we proceed? The House of Representatives and the Senate are having a big argument right now, and the House and Senator, on different places, what the House has argued for is that we should do one gigantic reconciliation bill. (05:26–05:38)
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Asserts the limitations of what can be passed under reconciliation.
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