2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhy hasn't the Senate passed a budget? Because they don't have the 60 votes
to get around a filibuster.
Another reason we have to change the filibuster rules to keep them from being abused.
Jersey Devil
(9,874 posts)Just a wild guess. Article II Section 7: "All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills. "
former9thward
(32,003 posts)The House has passed its version of the budget. The Senate has not voted on the bill for some reason. They could pass their version and then send it to a conference committee for merger. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-02/u-s-house-passes-budget-bill-averts-most-tax-increases.html
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)As pointed out, the House must originate all budget bills - appropriations bills. Not just one, but 13 appropriations bills, all of the monster bills that are thousands of pages long.
And because those are money bills, they and the related authorization bills used to implement the budget get to go through the reconciliation process, which bypasses the filibuster in the Senate.
former9thward
(32,003 posts)You only need 51 votes (or 50 + Biden). Jack Lew when he was budget director tried to say it was the filibuster and the Washington Post fact checker gave him four Pinocchios. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/jack-lews-misleading-claim-about-the-senates-failure-to-pass-a-budget-resolution/2012/02/12/gIQAs11z8Q_blog.html?wprss=fact-checker
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)Or can they simply initiate a vote via reconciliation and not have to worry about the debate part?
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monolith092068
(1 post)Wounded Bear
(58,653 posts)is a RW wet dream unworthy of sane debate?