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Budget chair says reconciliation will be used if bipartisan talks falter
Summary
Jody Arrington told Bloomberg Republicans can use budget reconciliation — which requires only a simple Senate majority — to pursue health-care and budget priorities if bipartisan cooperation is not possible, and he said he believes the House can write a budget in January.
Jody Arrington, chairman of the House Budget Committee, told Bloomberg TV that Republicans plan to use budget reconciliation to advance their legislative priorities if Democrats do not cooperate.
Asked whether the House has time to write and pass a budget and whether a government shutdown is a risk, Arrington said…
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