A special committee to reform the congressional budget process on Thursday rejected a bill that included minor reforms, highlighting Congress’s inability to agree to reforms.

Five Republicans on the panel, which included members of the House and Senate, voted in favor of the measure, while three voted against it. Two Democrats voted yes, two voted no, and four voted present.

The committee rules required that the measure win five yes votes from Democrats and five yes votes from Republicans to advance.

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Democrats blamed the failure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTrump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline The Hill's Campaign Report: Trump faces backlash after not committing to peaceful transition of power MORE’s (R-Ky.) refusal to commit to move the legislation untouched through the Senate.

“The lack of an agreement between Senate leadership on a fair and bipartisan process for floor consideration opens up our final product to partisan mischief that frankly would undo our good work and worse, actually made the budget process even more difficult,” said committee co-chair Rep. Nita Lowey Nita Sue LoweyTop House Democrats call for watchdog probe into Pompeo's Jerusalem speech With Biden, advocates sense momentum for lifting abortion funding ban Progressives look to flex their muscle in next Congress after primary wins MORE (D-N.Y.), who voted present.

Republicans argued the bill was insufficient and would not have led to significant improvements.

“Our mandate began with significant reform,” said Sen. James Lankford James Paul LankfordMcConnell works to lock down GOP votes for coronavirus bill Charities scramble to plug revenue holes during pandemic Warren calls for Postal Service board members to fire DeJoy or resign MORE (R-Ok.), who voted no. Even if the agreed text moved forward, he continued, “we all know in this room nothing really changed and we’ll have all the same issues again.”

Sen. Joni Ernst Joni Kay ErnstTillis appears to reinforce question about COVID-19 death toll The power of incumbency: How Trump is using the Oval Office to win reelection Poll: Trump opens up 6-point lead over Biden in Iowa MORE (R-Iowa) also voted no, objecting to the committee’s failure to adopt several of her amendments that would have penalized members of Congress if they failed to pass budget and spending bills on time.

The only things the panel had been able to agree upon were minor reforms, such as making the budget resolution a biennial event instead of an annual one.