1) CBO announces it will have final score on social spending bill "by the end of the day on Friday, November 19." Other "titles" of the bill are rolling out this week. No 15: Title I, Committee on Agriculture; Title IV, Committee on Financial Services.
2) November 19—Title II, Committee on Education and Labor; Title III, Committee on Energy and Commerce; Title VI, Committee on the Judiciary; Title VII, Committee on Natural Resources; and Title XIII, Committee on Ways and Means.
3) This timing has different impacts on both the House and Senate.
The House doesn’t ABSOUTELY NEED a FINAL CBO score to debate and vote on the bill. It is more political. Moderate Democrats are insisting that they have a CBO score before considering the bill.
The House doesn’t ABSOUTELY NEED a FINAL CBO score to debate and vote on the bill. It is more political. Moderate Democrats are insisting that they have a CBO score before considering the bill.
4) But Fox was told this morning that moderate Democrats are looking more for “tables” and other numbers that the CBO has been cranking out.
So, it’s POSSIBLE the House could move WITHOUT a final score before Friday.
So, it’s POSSIBLE the House could move WITHOUT a final score before Friday.
5) In fact, moving WITHOUT a final score COULD HELP some Democrats. A bad evaluation could flip some moderate Democrats to no.
Moreover, moderate Democrats secured a deal with progressives to decouple the infrastructure bill and the social spending bill.
Moreover, moderate Democrats secured a deal with progressives to decouple the infrastructure bill and the social spending bill.
6) The progressives generally agreed to vote for the infrastructure bill earlier this month. The moderates agreed to put the social spending bill on the floor this week.
7) So moderate Democrats must be careful and not overplay their hand and force further delays in House consideration of the social spending package.
That said, while the House DOESN’T HAVE TO HAVE a final CBO score to debate and vote on the bill, the Senate does.
That said, while the House DOESN’T HAVE TO HAVE a final CBO score to debate and vote on the bill, the Senate does.
8) The Senate CANNOT begin the “Byrd Bath” (the process of determining whether the House bill complies with strict Senate budget rules) until it has a final bill WITH a CBO score. The Senate cannot put the bill on the floor until it has a CBO score.
9) This is partly why Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced over the weekend that the Senate would delay bringing up the social spending bill.
Does the Senate do this the week of Thanksgiving? Or wait until the week after Thanksgiving? Unclear.
Does the Senate do this the week of Thanksgiving? Or wait until the week after Thanksgiving? Unclear.
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