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.
surrender. 1  to give up possession of or power over; yield to another on demand or compulsion. 2  to give up claim to; give over or yield, esp. voluntarily, as in favor of another. 3  to give up or abandon: surrendering all hope. 4  to yield or resign (oneself) to an emotion, influence, etc.