Procedural Innovation During The 117th Congress Part 2: How The Senate Avoided PAYGO And Passed The Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act
02 / 2023
Summary This is the second part of a three-post series analyzing how the 117th Congress used new procedural strategies to enact significant fiscal legislation. Part...
Modified-Open Special Rules Return In The House: A Primer
01 / 2023
Later this week the House of Representatives will do something it has not done since the 114th Congress – amend and debate a bill on the floor under a “modified-open”...
How The Speaker’s Election Will Affect The House’s Budget And Appropriations Processes In 2023
01 / 2023
The House of Representatives adopted its rules package for the 118th Congress last Monday. Compared to the initial package, the only substantive changes in the text relate to...
Summary Of House Republicans’ Proposed Budget And Appropriations Rules For The 118th Congress
01 / 2023
Summary: The rules package put forward by the leadership of the House Republican Conference this week contains numerous changes to the House’s budget and appropriations...
Budget Process Innovation & The 117th Congress, Part 1: Using Reconciliation To Appropriate
12 / 2022
Summary The 117th Congress used the reconciliation process to appropriate $1.2 trillion via the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Unlike...
Lame Duck Reconciliation — How Long Would It Take The Senate?
12 / 2022
Summary From 1990 to 2022, the Senate has taken an average of 81 hours over nine-floor sessions to complete the reconciliation process. In recent budget debates, the Senate has...
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