H. Con. Res.

Advancing plan for budget reconciliation: By a vote of 218 for and 212 against, the House on Wednesday adopted a fiscal 2021 budget resolution, H Con Res 11, that would allow President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion package of coronavirus relief measures to pass the Senate on a simple majority vote in coming weeks.

The measure, H Con Res 83, invoked the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which asserts the power of Congress to declare war under Article I of the Constitution.

Had Democrats prevailed on this vote, the House would have considered a nonbinding 10-point plan, H Con Res 63, for “creating millions of new jobs through investments in roads, bridges, and 21st century projects” that are “not paid for at the expense of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or any other vital program.”