Budget Conference Committee Members Not Yet Named

Although Congress reconvened yesterday, facing the task of reconciling the House and Senate budget resolutions for the next five years, it seems the members of a conference committee to work on that task will not be named by House and Senate leaders until next week. The big conflict will not be about the dollars, but rather about whether or not to include reconciliation instructions in the conference legislation, which would mean that Senate approval would only require 51 votes rather than the 60 otherwise needed under Senate rules.