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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.
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 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 Senate approved the House-passed short-term government funding bill in a just-after-midnight vote by a vote of 85-11. The legislation will extend government funding until March 14.
Reconciliation is a way to fast-track legislation on issues like taxes, the debt limit and federal spending by bypassing the Senate’s 60-vote threshold for passage, instead lowering it to a ...
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.
A bill aimed at expanding the child tax credit for millions of families and implementing business tax breaks failed to progress through the Senate during a key test vote Thursday afternoon. Joe ...
The House passed the conference report on Thursday, August 5, 1993, by a vote of 218 to 216 (217 Democrats and 1 independent (Bernie Sanders (I-VT)) voting in favor; 41 Democrats and 175 Republicans voting against). The Senate passed the conference report on the last day before their month's vacation, on Friday, August 6, 1993, by a vote of 51 ...