Paul Krawzak

Washington, D.C.

Senior Writer at Roll Call

Host at CQ Budget

I write about federal budget issues for CQ Roll Call

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Why reconciliation is a 'privilege' for lawmakers, not a right

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Paul Krawzak

WASHINGTON - House GOP leaders had a brief scare last week when they had to go back and fix several pages in their mammoth budget reconciliation bill that passed before Memorial Day. That "privilege scrub" process, necessary to preserve a reconciliation bill's filibuster-proof status in the Senate - is often confused with the "Byrd rule" - which restricts what can be included in a reconciliation bill in the Senate - as the two sets of limitations often overlap.
Why reconciliation is a 'privilege' for lawmakers, not a right

1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Paul Krawzak

WASHINGTON - House GOP leaders had a brief scare last week when they had to go back and fix several pages in their mammoth budget reconciliation bill that passed before Memorial Day. That "privilege scrub" process, necessary to preserve a reconciliation bill's filibuster-proof status in the Senate - is often confused with the "Byrd rule" - which restricts what can be included in a reconciliation bill in the Senate - as the two sets of limitations often overlap.
Why reconciliation is a ‘privilege’ for lawmakers, not a right

1 week ago | rollcall.com | Paul Krawzak

House GOP leaders had a brief scare last week when they had to go back and fix several pages in their mammoth budget reconciliation bill that passed before Memorial Day. That “privilege scrub” process, necessary to preserve a reconciliation bill’s filibuster-proof status in the Senate — is often confused with the “Byrd rule” — which restricts what can be included in a reconciliation bill in the Senate — as the two sets of limitations often overlap.
Why reconciliation is a ‘privilege’ for lawmakers, not a right

1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Paul Krawzak

WASHINGTON — House GOP leaders had a brief scare last week when they had to go back and fix several pages in their mammoth budget reconciliation bill that passed before Memorial Day. That “privilege scrub” process, necessary to preserve a reconciliation bill’s filibuster-proof status in the Senate — is often confused with the “Byrd rule” — which restricts what can be included in a reconciliation bill in the Senate — as the two sets of limitations often overlap.
Office: GOP budget bill will give to rich, take from poor

2 weeks ago | victoriaadvocate.com | Paul Krawzak

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GOP budget bill would take from the poor, give to the rich

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Paul Krawzak

WASHINGTON - The House-passed reconciliation bill would most benefit high earners and reduce financial resources available to the lowest-income households, the Congressional Budget Office said in a distributional analysis of the measure Thursday.
CBO: GOP budget bill would take from the poor, give to the rich - Roll Call

2 weeks ago | inkl.com | Paul Krawzak

The House-passed reconciliation bill would most benefit high earners and reduce financial resources available to the lowest-income households, the Congressional Budget Office said in a distributional analysis of the measure Thursday.
Congressional Budget Office: GOP budget bill would take from the poor, give to the rich

2 weeks ago | arcamax.com | Paul Krawzak

WASHINGTON — The House-passed reconciliation bill would most benefit high earners and reduce financial resources available to the lowest-income households, the Congressional Budget Office said in a distributional analysis of the measure Thursday.
Debt limit 'X-date' likely not until mid-August at earliest

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Paul Krawzak

WASHINGTON - The Congressional Budget Office on Monday extended its estimate of when the debt limit must be raised, stretching its predicted "X-date" range to begin in mid-August and run through the end of September. That's when the agency estimates the "extraordinary measures" as well as reductions of the Treasury Department's emergency cash buffer that are currently being used to allow continued borrowing will be exhausted. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
Congressional Budget Office: Debt limit ‘X-date’ likely not until mid-August at earliest

2 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Paul Krawzak

WASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office on Monday extended its estimate of when the debt limit must be raised, stretching its predicted “X-date” range to begin in mid-August and run through the end of September. That’s when the agency estimates the “extraordinary measures” as well as reductions of the Treasury Department’s emergency cash buffer that are currently being used to allow continued borrowing will be exhausted. kAm%96 rq~ :? |2C49 6DE:>2E65 E96 %C62DFCJ’D 42D9 @?