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As the party lacked a 60-vote super-majority in the Senate, they sought to implement both policies through separate reconciliation bills, with the healthcare bill passed using the reconciliation process for fiscal year 2017 and the tax cut bill passed using the reconciliation process for fiscal year 2018. [35]
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 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.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is teeing up a vote on the House’s bill to expand the child tax credit (CTC) later this week, potentially putting a cap on the Senate’s work ...
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.
Pub. L. 105–34 (text), Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997; Pub.L. 105-34, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (readable online) H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997; 105th Congress / House / 1st session / Vote 350 final vote results on H R 2014: Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1997, by various groups and by individuals, from the Washington Post
A "vote-a-rama" (or "vote-arama", "vote-athon") [1] is a procedure in the United States Senate that allows senators to propose an unlimited number of amendments to budget-related measures. After brief debate, the amendments are each voted on in rapid succession. Vote-a-ramas have been a fixture of Senate budget and reconciliation bills