If you do appropriations in the Senate, you have 60 votes to support it. If you do rescissions, you can take it back with 50, which then makes it tougher to get a bipartisan agreement on an appropriations package.
Rounds explains the challenges of using rescissions versus the appropriations process.
Share & report
More from Mike Rounds
Mr. President, in November of 2023, the Biden administration released a new rule to allow for beef imports from Paraguay, a country that has historically struggled to contain outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in their cattle herds. The…
Mr. President, look, I am very disappointed in my friend from North Carolina's approach to this particular issue. As Members of the Senate, we each have a task as to whether or not we will support different pieces of legislation. I had…
Mr. President, I am pleased to join Senator Thune today in supporting the confirmation of Judge Cammy Theeler. Ms. Theeler is a native of my home community, Pierre, SD, and has an impressive list of career experiences, spanning from the…
Senator Tester and I introduced the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security, or PASS Act, to ban China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran from purchasing American farmland or ag businesses.
Other voices in this conversation
