A legislative process of the United States Congress that allows expedited 10 points
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. *

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.