Republicans have their eyes on a special budget tool called reconciliation – a complicated process that enables them to avoid a filibuster in the Senate. Bracewell’s Liam Donovan explained to NPR how the budget reconciliation process works, noting that “it’s become the preferred tool over the past 25 years in this modern, partisan political era.”
Donovan also said that “the amendments that happen in the final legislative package are really important – you’re playing with live ammunition when you’re on that final stage of reconciliation.”
