Skip to content

How does budget reconciliation work?

CQ Budget, Ep. 185

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., talks with reporters  in the Capitol.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., talks with reporters in the Capitol. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

With slim majorities in the House and Senate, Democrats are likely going to rely heavily on budget reconciliation to pass major legislation. What is budget reconciliation and how does it work? CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt break it down.

Show Notes:

Recent Stories

Trump hits cultural issues in midterms pep talk to Turning Point crowd

Former House member David McKinley dies at 79

Resign of the times  — Congressional Hits and Misses

A week of lots of noise, few results in Congress

RFK Jr. distances himself from measles outbreak, bashes Tylenol study

Senate sends short-term surveillance reauthorization to Trump