The first 11 months of 2025 have yielded little bipartisanship, and lawmakers are preparing for that trend to continue through December.
Republican lawmakers are increasingly interested in assembling a health-care proposal through the budget reconciliation process—a maneuver to bypass the Senate filibuster and enact laws without bipartisan support. GOP leaders used the process to enact this summer’s extension of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and have spent months discussing a follow-up bill, though they’ve outlined few specifics. The budgetary tactic has grown more popular over the years, clearing the way for partisan laws on tax cuts, health care, stimulus ...