Reconciliation (United States Congress) Reconciliation is a legislative process of the United States Congress that allows expedited 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).
surrender - Legal Definition n Delivery into the possession of another, such as vacating of property by the tenant before the lease has terminated so that the landlord may consider termination to have occurred; the giving up of a claim or a right; yielding to the control or power of another; the return of an estate to the one who has a reversion so as to merge the estate into a larger one.
abandon - Legal Definition. 1  To intentionally give up for all time an assertion or a claim of an interest in property or in a right or privilege. 2  To repudiate, withdraw from, or otherwise disassociate oneself from a duty or responsibility. 3  To intentionally fail to complete.