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Do they have bipartisan support for just Covid relief?
If not they only get to use reconciliation a limited number of times to pass things without getting filibustered. So using reconciliation on Covid relief may prevent other things from being implemented
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This is a good point, thanks for that I don't know enough about it to answer to be honest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconc...ates_Congress)
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Reconciliation bills can be passed on spending, revenue, and the federal debt limit, and the Senate can pass one bill per year affecting each subject. Congress can thus pass a maximum of three reconciliation bills per year, though in practice it has often passed a single reconciliation bill affecting both spending and revenue.[2] Policy changes that are extraneous to the budget are limited by the "Byrd Rule", which also prohibits reconciliation bills from increasing the federal deficit after a ten-year period or making changes to Social Security.
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