Sentence examples for reconciliation measures from inspiring English sources

Reconciliation measures are traditionally scoured for such provisions, in what is known around the Senate as giving the bill a "Byrd bath".

The House is supposed to be finishing the 13 annual spending bills, which may or may not agree in spirit and arithmetic with the reconciliation measures.

Mr. de Mistura warned that time was short for the government to win legislative approval for political reconciliation measures that could defuse deep disagreements between Sunni and Shiite factions.

When the South's Mr Kim broke the ice with an historic visit to North Korea in June 2000, the list of reconciliation measures that he came away with was impressive.

In addition to today's actions, Kim Dae Jung instructed his cabinet to carry out a wide variety of reconciliation measures growing out of the three-day talks, which concluded in an agreement calling for the two Koreas to pursue peace, economic and other exchanges, including family visits.

Such reconciliation measures only require 51 votes to pass in the Senate.

Senate Democrats, meanwhile, are preparing for a procedural fight with Republicans over the reconciliation measure.

William H. Gray 3d, the Pennsylvania Democrat who heads the House Budget Committee, said his aim was to save $10 billion through such a bill, known in budget jargon as a "reconciliation" measure.

Instead, a reconciliation measure would include only provisions to change the Senate-passed bill in ways reflecting compromises with the House and the White House.

Democrats said they would vote Sunday on the Senate bill and on revisions to it included in a budget reconciliation measure.

Senate Democrats nominally control 59 votes, and need only 50 to approve the reconciliation measure, because Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. would break a tie.