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What is budget reconciliation, and how might Democrats use it to pass COVID relief?

by Marielle Segarra
Feb 3, 2021
The process allows senators to avert a filibuster and bring a bill to a vote with a regular majority, but only in specific cases.
Democratic senators might use the reconciliation process to stop a potential Republican filibuster on President Biden's relief bill.
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