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Ah! That's the good news! The dreaded reconciliation process only covers "mandatory" appropriations (Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security) and taxes. The "discretionary" appropriations (defense,NSF,NASA,NIH,FEMA,etc) require a supermajority. 🫶 www.bhfs.com/insights/ale....
Reconciliation 101 and What It Means for 2025
Donald Trump will be America’s 47th president following a resounding win in the 2024 election. The election also gave control of the Senate to Republicans, along with potentially the House of Represen...
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June 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ah! That's the good news! The dreaded reconciliation process only covers "mandatory" appropriations (Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security) and taxes. The "discretionary" appropriations (defense,NSF,NASA,NIH,FEMA,etc) require a supermajority. 🫶 www.bhfs.com/insights/ale....
While the proposed cuts likely won't make it through the senate, because republicans don't have the super majority, the administration can continue to prevent appropriated funding from getting to researchers and push for crippling decreases in overhead. That is, it's already bad.
May 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
While the proposed cuts likely won't make it through the senate, because republicans don't have the super majority, the administration can continue to prevent appropriated funding from getting to researchers and push for crippling decreases in overhead. That is, it's already bad.