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This bill — known as the No Hearing, No Vote Act — would require that all reconciliation bills receive a committee hearing before they’re brought up for a vote in the Senate. The hearing would need to occur in either the Budget Committee, or in one of the committees given reconciliation instructions, and the bill would need to be reported favorably to the Senate. A hearing would need to be held for each major provision of the reconciliation in a relevant committee.

Bills considered under the reconciliation process can be passed with a simple majority vote in the Senate, rather than the 60 votes that are normally required for legislation.

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