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Moore explains reconciliation process, urges extensions for expiring tax provisions
Summary
In a recorded message to constituents, Congressman Blake Moore outlined how the Senate’s Byrd Rule limits reconciliation and said the Ways and Means Committee will work in the coming quarter to extend tax provisions that expire at year’s end.
Congressman Blake Moore, representing Utah’s 1st District, used a recorded message to constituents to explain how the congressional reconciliation process works and to say he and colleagues will focus on extending expiring tax provisions in the coming months.
Moore said reconciliation is a parliamentary tool that lets Congress pass certain budget-related measures without meeting the Senate’s 60-vote threshold. "Reconciliation in its most simple term basically means you don't have to go through the filibuster. You can pass these bills on basically a simple majority," Moore said, adding that in practice that requires 51 Senate votes and a simple majority in the House.
The congressman described the process as governed by the Senate’s…
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