John Kennedy is now moving to put the SAVE America Act as RECONCILIATION, 51 votes to pass

Most important bill in our lifetime.

Move heaven and earth to get if passed.

I will be absolutely shocked if this is some mechanism to pass this. There is no doubt in my mind Kennedy already knows this is some kind of dead end. The people controlling the GOP already know how this movie ends. They don't want the Save Act to pass. YOU as a GOP VOTER may want it to pass but they know how this bread gets buttered.

Reconciliation, as far as I understand, can only be used on budget items and must not increase the deficit. Parliamentarian would rule this doesn’t fall under reconciliation rules…..

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Budget reconciliation is a specialized Congressional process allowing for expedited passage of legislation affecting spending, revenue, and the federal debt limit, requiring only a simple majority in the Senate (51 votes) to avoid a filibuster. It is governed by strict rules, most notably the Byrd Rule, which prohibits extraneous, non-budgetary provisions

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The Byrd Rule (Senate): Prohibits "extraneous" measures, which include provisions that do not change the budget, have only incidental effects, fall outside a committee's jurisdiction, or increase the deficit outside the budget window.

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I don’t think will qualify for reconciliation unfortunately

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I suspect it's just a ploy, too. I don't trust Kennedy to really be with us. But, IF he pulls it off I'll gladly give him his props.

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Honestly it kind of pisses me off that he thinks we're really that stupid. But hey man. They're the lawmakers. They get the big bucks. We're just the peons who keep putting the grifters on their thrones.

I see we're about to hear about the senate parliaments cigarettes for the third time in 6 years

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Parliamentarian would rule this doesn’t fall under reconciliation rules…..

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Who cares? Ignore her and fire her

The inflation reduction act passed the Senate 51-50 using reconciliation. There’s no way that didn’t add to the deficit or the budget.

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Budget reconciliation is a specialized Congressional process allowing for expedited passage of legislation affecting spending, revenue, and the federal debt limit, requiring only a simple majority in the Senate (51 votes) to avoid a filibuster. It is governed by strict rules, most notably the Byrd Rule, which prohibits extraneous, non-budgetary provisions

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