Johnson Has One Shot to Get Reconcilliation Done — and a Handful of Republicans Are Making It Harder Than It Has to Be

Act because Thom Tillis, Mitch McConnell, and Lisa Murkowski won’t budge. The reconciliation route — with its Byrd Rule constraints and $10 billion grant mechanism instead of a federal mandate — is an imperfect workaround. Davidson is right that it’s not the same as the real thing. He’s wrong to think killing the budget resolution improves the situation.continue reading …