<P> Reconciliation is a legislative process of the United States Congress that allows expedited passage of certain budgetary legislation on spending, revenues, and the federal debt limit with a simple majority vote in both the House (218 votes) and Senate (51 votes). Senate rules prohibit filibustering and impose a 20 - hour cap on the total time for debate, motions and amendments related to reconciliation bills . The procedure also exists in the House of Representatives, but the House regularly passes rules that constrain debate and amendments, so reconciliation has had a less significant impact on that body . </P> <P> The process was created by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and was first used in 1980 . Reconciliation rules allow budget related adjustments, but larger policy changes that are extraneous to the budget are limited by "Byrd Rule", an amendment named after Democratic Senator Robert Byrd that was passed in 1990 . </P>

Number of senate votes needed to pass the budget
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