If you average 70 steps per minute, you are walking 2 miles per hour (mph), 105 steps per minute brings you up to an average pace of 3 mph. Increase your steps to 152 per minute and you are walking about 4 mph or covering one mile every 15 minutes (15 x 4 = 60 minutes or one hour). Walk very briskly, clocking 242 steps in one minute and you are walking at a speed of about 5 mph.
The original purpose of the reconciliation process as enacted in the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 was to allow Congress at the end of a fiscal year to expeditiously enact legislation that would make minor adjustments to both spending and revenue levels.
The purpose of parliamentary procedure is to enable members to take care of business in an efficient manner and to maintain order while business is conducted. When everyone knows the rules, meetings run smoothly and productively.