Congressional leaders hope both chambers will have voted on the reconciliation measure by Saturday night.

Its main effect has been to prohibit the use of reconciliation for provisions that would increase the deficit beyond 10 years after the reconciliation measure.

She said there was no "recipe" for reconciliation measures.

Changes recommended by committees pursuant to a reconciliation instruction are incorporated into a reconciliation measure.

The House is supposed to be finishing the 13 annual spending bills, which may or may not agree in spirit and arithmetic with the reconciliation measures.

Importantly for sunset provisions, the Byrd Rule also defines as extraneous provisions that "would increase the deficit for a fiscal year beyond those covered by the reconciliation measure."

However, budget resolutions have covered periods as long as ten years, so a reconciliation measure may cover the ten years.

Ayalon apologized and shook hands with Prince Turki as a reconciliation measure.

It is currently the most important and successful bi-communal confidence-building and reconciliation measure in Cyprus.

This is not the first time the Bush administration has set a timetable for Iraq to pass the reconciliation measures.