GOP senators are set to file a series of amendments in opposition to the Democrat budget agenda, as senators continue debate on the 2021 budget resolution using the budget “reconciliation” process. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tim Scott (R-N.C.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) filed an amendment to ensure taxes are not increased during the course of a pandemic for small businesses and another was filed by Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who want to ensure that relief checks do not go to illegal aliens. In particular, Rubio’s amendment aims to stop Democrats from increasing taxes on small businesses during the pandemic through budget reconciliation, the tool Democrats can use to bypass bipartisan CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus relief legislation. The budget reconciliation process allows congressional Democrats to pass tax and spending bills by a simple majority vote. Rubio and Lankford point out that in 2020 Congress was able …
GOP Files Amendments to Budget Resolution in Opposition to ‘Reconciliation’ Agenda
February 4, 2021
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