Because you don't want the other side (political party) to do the same thing. The US congress has relatively recent rules designed to actually prevent this from

Because you don't want the other side (political party) to do the same thing. The US congress has relatively recent rules designed to actually prevent this from happening, and rather keep everything in reconciliation bills. Which obviously is a great way to hobble our legislative branch. But that's the point, no one wants the other side to try their hand at being a normal legislature. Which is part of why you end up with courts (and now the executive) wielding more power, because congress is effectively weaker and less nimble/responsive than it should be. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_%28United_States_Congress%29?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_%28United_State...>