The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law on July 4, 2025, introducing significant changes to immigration ...

Statistical Process Control (SPC) is the use of statistical tools and techniques to analyze a process or its outputs to control, manage, and improve the quality of the output or the capability of the ...

News about Budget Reconciliation, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

The Senate is barreling toward a vote on a still-not-finished bill that would take away health coverage and food assistance from millions of people who need it, raise families’ costs, and make a large ...

A Republican plan to expand private school vouchers nationwide was dealt a major setback when the Senate parliamentarian said the proposal would run afoul of procedural rules.

THIS WEEK’S DOSE Senate Reconciliation Process Continues. Republicans are adjusting language to comply with Senate rules and appease various wings of the party. HHS Secretary Kennedy Testifies ...

Senate parliamentarian rejects multiple Medicaid cuts in GOP budget reconciliation bill Senate Republicans could bypass the parliamentarian's rulings by having a simple-majority floor vote to ...

The Byrd Rule, for example, requires provisions in any reconciliation bill to be examined by the Senate’s parliamentarian to determine whether they go beyond simple budgetary matters. If a provision ...

By using reconciliation, which was originally intended to rein in deficits, Republicans can pass the bill with a simple majority vote. But analysts expect it to lead to larger deficits.