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The bill was sent to the Senate, where some Senate Republicans called for hearings and others showed interest to make changes in the bill. [12] On August 1st, the bill was blocked in a 44-48 procedural vote in the Senate. The procedural motion to limit debate on the package required 60 votes in favor to succeed.
The Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, [2] Pub. L. 115–97 (text), is a congressional revenue act of the United States originally introduced in Congress as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), [3] [4] that amended the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
The bills of the 117th United States Congress list includes proposed federal laws that were introduced in the 117th United States Congress.. The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two houses: the lower house known as the House of Representatives and the upper house known as the Senate.
The procedure overrides the Senate's filibuster rules, which may otherwise require a 60-vote supermajority for passage. Bills described as reconciliation bills can pass the Senate by a simple majority of 51 votes or 50 votes plus the vice president's as the tie-breaker.
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a bipartisan tax package that would have temporarily expanded the child tax credit and restored some business tax benefits. The bill failed to advance in a ...
This bill addresses voter access, election integrity, election security, political spending, and ethics for the three branches of government. Specifically, the bill expands voter registration and voting access and limits removing voters from voter rolls. The bill provides for states to establish independent, nonpartisan redistricting commissions.
The House voted on Wednesday evening to pass a $78 billion bipartisan tax package that would temporarily expand the child tax credit and restore a number of business tax benefits.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., declined to say Wednesday when the tax bill would come to a vote and whether it would be amended. "I support the tax bill," Schumer told reporters.