The time-consuming, stamina-demanding process is one of the final obstacles for Democrats, along with senators’ review of the package.
Politically, the lama vote gives Republicans an opportunity to sow discord and create distractions. But once that’s done, Democrats have an opportunity to advance the package with a straight partisan vote that’s not subject to the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold.
Legislative processes typically allow legislators to avoid voting on amendments through a series of procedural manipulations. But the budget adjustment process that Democrats use to push bills can’t do that.
Legislators cannot cast a final vote on the settlement bill until all amendments have been “disposed,” or simply “voted.”
This practice involves voting on a series of amendments, which can typically take hours.
How will legislators use this process?
The party in charge usually wants to move this lama vote forward as quickly as possible with as few votes as possible. Minority parties use this opportunity to force votes on all sorts of bills they normally don’t have a say in.
How long does each poll take?
Legislators typically agree to such a process.
- Legislators submit amendments (sometimes just on paper).
- One minute of debate is split evenly between each side.
- 10 minutes to vote.
Each modification takes about 15 minutes to go through. This process will proceed quickly by Senate standards. As such, it is extremely important that members remain in the meeting room or nearby for essentially the entire marathon event.
What’s on your bill?
- Medicare drug price negotiations. The bill would allow Medicare to negotiate the price of certain expensive medicines administered at a doctor’s office or purchased at a pharmacy.
- inflation cap. The law also penalizes pharmaceutical companies if they raise prices faster than inflation.
- tax regulations: To raise revenue, this measure would impose a minimum tax rate of 15% on businesses and raise $313 billion over 10 years.
- Climate regulations: The deal will be the largest climate investment in US history. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office has said it will reduce America’s carbon emissions by 40% by 2030.
CNN’s Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco contributed to this report.
Source: www.cnn.com
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