Republicans: We Don’t Want Reconciliation…Or Cap-and-Trade | Talking Points Memo

The floor debates on the budget continue in both chambers today. A couple things we’ll be looking out for–Republicans should be offering an amendment at some point have offered an amendment that would “prohibit the use of reconciliation in the Senate for climate change legislation involving a cap and trade system.” Right now, reconciliation instructions are only included in the House bill, but they may well be imported to the Senate bill in conference.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=144328