By Sahil Kapur and Frank Thorp V – NBC News
WASHINGTON – Democrats in the Congressional Assembly will use a joint proceeding to speed up the reconciliation process to speed up the adoption of a pandemic by the presidential pandemic, Joe Biden, of $ 1.9 billion.
The most important is that the medium allows eludir the umbrella habitual of 60 votes in the Senado, that in another way they demand the support of the Republicans. While the country’s economy is in turmoil due to the crisis, Biden and many Democrats are adamant that the United States is less concerned about the process and more than ever.
[El Congreso aprueba un proyecto de presupuesto que allana el camino al plan de estímulo de Biden]
“Nadie en mi estado sabe qué demonios es la reconciliation. Creen que Joe Biden dijo: ‘Si ganamos Georgia, recibiremos checks de 2,000 dollars’. Y ganamos Georgia. Así que tenemos la obligation de compillir”, aseguró a NBC News el senador democrata by Connecticut Chris Murphy.
Continuation, some questions and answers about how the process works.
What is reconciliation?
The norms of the Senate require that the Mayor of the towns receive 60 votes, which in the Senate actually means all Democrats and 10 Republicans.
Pero the “reconciliation” is a process created in honor of the Ley Presupuestaria of the 1974 Congress that allows a simple mayor to approve certain types of laws. It was created for allow legislators to change the policy of guests or taxpayers to maintain the presidency of the country online.
¿Isn ‘t it really abnormal?
In reality, no. The Congress has used it for the last time as Presidential Administration, while the same party controls the legislative power as the White House.
[¿Podrá recibir el cheque de ayuda de $1,400 si es inmigrante?]
Reconciliation is used during the presidencies of Donald Trump and George W. Bush to reduce taxes. During the term of Barack Obama, the Congress used it to approve parts of the Equitable Assistance Law (known as Obamacare). And during Bill Clinton’s Governor, is used to increase taxes.
Are the Democrats able to approve a project for them without the Republicans?
As the current Senate is divided 50-50 and the Vice President, Kamala Harris, who issues the vote of dissent, is Democrat, entents a project of his credentials in the process of reconciliation can be approved without any Republican support.
So far, by what means are the Senate’s papers always useful?
Hay border. The sole process allows a time for fiscal years, and can only be used to exchange – “reconciliation” – laws related to taxes and the guest.
How does the process work?
Tanto el Senado, like the Chamber of Representatives, approved the resolution. The Commission of Presupuestos will further edit the instructions for other commissions to elaborate the legislation. These projects are intended to elucidate the mechanism of filibusterism in the Senate.
And if the project of them increases the deficit?
Reconciliation standards allow projects that increase the deficit, but only for 10 years. Laws that the Office of the President of the Congress determines that the deficit will not increase its elusive level of this place. For that matter, some articles approved for reconciliation, like Trump’s individual tax records, are temporary.
Can Pueden pass $ 1,400 checks and performance by example in this process?
Yes, politicians like them are clearly presumptuous and do not have to worry about getting through reconciliation. Its central components of the democratic proposal.
Can the minimum wage be increased during the reconciliation?
I was controversial about respect. Many experts in the field believe that there is a regulatory medium that can be approved in the brand of conciliation. But some, like the President of the Senate, Bernie Sanders, have a vision that goes a long way in the process and can be used.
What is Byrd’s rule?
It’s a law that puts the number of former Robert Byrd, a Democrat in Virginia, and that allows him to eliminate a provision for a reconciliation law if a senator opposes it and considers it ‘subject’ to the presumption. Basically, make sure there is no collar in the project of my dispositions in relation. The Senate Assessment Office is in charge of deciding what is and what is not “ajeno”.
What is a political example that can not happen?
The regulatory authorities, as well as the control of the arms or the rewriting of immigration standards, are likely to conflict with the Byrd rule and, for that matter, no one can approve this process.