Congress Adopts Budget Blueprint Paving the Way for the Eventual Enactment of a $1.9 TRILLION
COVID-Relief Bill
COVID-Relief Bill
Friday, February 5, 2021
 | The House and Senate completed action today on a fiscal year 2021 budget blueprint that is intended to pave the way for the eventual enactment of a $1.9 TRILLION COVID-19 relief bill. The Senate acted on the measure in the pre-dawn hours of Friday, February 5, 2021, with the House following hours later. |
While the blueprint that Congress adopted did not contain any explicit immigration provisions, it is widely anticipated that the legislation that will result from House and Senate adoption of the budget blueprint will have impacts on immigration policy.
Friday's congressional action occurred in connection with S. Con. Res. 5, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 (Budget Resolution). The Senate passed the measure by a vote of 51-50, with Vice President Harris casting the tie-breaking vote, at about 5:23 am EST on February 5. The House concurred in the Senate action at about 2:23 pm EST later that day, doing so by a vote of 219-209.
Friday's congressional action occurred in connection with S. Con. Res. 5, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 (Budget Resolution). The Senate passed the measure by a vote of 51-50, with Vice President Harris casting the tie-breaking vote, at about 5:23 am EST on February 5. The House concurred in the Senate action at about 2:23 pm EST later that day, doing so by a vote of 219-209.
Background. As introduced in the Senate, the text of S. Con. Res. 5 was almost identical to the text of H. Con. Res. 11, the Fiscal Year 2021 budget resolution, which the House passed on Wednesday, February 3, 2021.
The measure is a "skinny budget resolution" designed to provide a vehicle for facilitating enactment of a budget reconciliation bill that would be comprised of President Biden's COVID-19 relief proposals.
The measure is a "skinny budget resolution" designed to provide a vehicle for facilitating enactment of a budget reconciliation bill that would be comprised of President Biden's COVID-19 relief proposals.
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