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Each type can be addressed in a SINGLE bill -OR- they can be combined into 1 or 2 bills (with a combo of 2 or all 3 types).

The main limitation is that each "type" can only be done ONCE per fiscal year.

The main "benefit" is that it is not subject to the Senate's "cloture" (filibuster) Rule requiring 60 votes and it is usually set for 10 years.

Whatever goes into it must be "budget neutral" (meaning not adding to the deficit) and per the "Byrd Rule", cannot have "policy riders" on it.

More on Byrd Rule - https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/644

More detailed thing on it - https://www.cbpp.org/research/introduction-to-budget-reconciliation

As a note - the "BiB" (Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill) and the "IRA" (Inflation Reduction Act) under Biden, were both done by the "reconciliation" process.