S.D., isn't taking reconciliation off the table but acknowledged how difficult the process is as Republicans eye another ...

But in a new issue brief for the Manhattan Institute, I have offered some suggestions for making things a little better, specifically when it comes to reconciliation bills like the one Congress passed ...

Republicans face a nasty showdown in early 2026 over whether to take another swing at a party-line policy bill ahead of the midterms.

Congressional Republicans have another two shots at budget reconciliation, the tricky, grueling process they used to pass ...

The midterm clock is ticking, and the Republican majority in the House has never been more fragile: We’d be fools to let the ...

The budget reconciliation process is how nearly every major piece of health legislation has passed Congress since the 1980s. President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful" budget reconciliation bill ...

Officially, the 2018 farm bill expired on October 1, 2023. Due to their inability to muster a bipartisan coalition to make needed changes in a new farm bill, Congress instead opted to extend the 2018 ...

Defense budget expert, Todd Harrison, of the American Enterprise Institute, lays out a clear-eyed explanation of how the Pentagon is funding its operations—and why the current approach may be setting ...

“The appetite for anything reconciliation right now, understandably, is, ‘God, please don’t,’” an energy lobbyist said. Congress’ Republican leaders have handed their members a dream opportunity on a ...

WASHINGTON — In his inaugural address, President Joe Biden made a pledge to unify the country. While his administration says its still committed to a bipartisan COVID-19 economic relief deal, some ...

President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful” budget reconciliation bill would make some of the most sweeping changes in health policy in years, largely affecting Medicaid and Affordable Care Act plans ...

This year has, unfortunately, provided some excellent illustrations of Congress’s dysfunction. We are currently emerging from a record-long shutdown. Senate Democrats filibustered funding in a doomed ...