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Democrats Force Reading of GOP’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” After Key Senate Vote (truthout.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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Democrats are hoping to draw out the bill’s passage while highlighting provisions expected to harm US families.

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[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The filibuster rule doesn't apply to bills that are part of the budget reconciliation process.

[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I knew that, but I thought the "Big Beautiful Bill" (what a stupid fucking name. Typing that out makes me hate myself a little) was a regular bill, not a budget reconciliation.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Reconciliation is a process, which applies to budget bills like this one. It's also the reason the Senate Parliamentarian got involved, some of the shit they tried to pull doesn't count as budget related