Republicans passed tax cuts through reconciliation and are still working on a second such bill through the Senate, while in discussions for a third.
Although Republicans have not yet passed their second reconciliation bill, which will include funding for immigration enforcement and the Secret Service, GOP leaders are already looking ahead to the prospect of another piece of legislation that can bypass the 60-vote threshold in the Senate using reconciliation.
GOP heartburn forces messaging pivot from ‘ballroom’ for Trump security money “Any reconciliation bill is going to have to deal with the incredibly important needs of our national defense, as we face new threats from China, from Iran, from various corners of the globe, and ensuring that the American defense industrial base is at its strongest, is able to meet the needs of the force structure and the force posture of the president’s national security strategy and the groundbreaking work they’re doing over there at DOW,” Braid told thein an interview this week, referring to the Pentagon.
“So I do think the fundamental piece of that is going to be that defense piece. ” House Speaker Mike Johnson has signaled interest in advancing a third reconciliation bill through the lower chamber, although Senate Republicans appear less certain that one will come together. Republicans passed tax cuts through reconciliation, alongside funding for border security and defense in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year, and are still working on a second reconciliation bill through the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune acknowledged on Wednesday that the upper chamber is now eyeing a third reconciliation bill that some conservatives at one point worried would not materialize.
“There is talk now, because we have a third bullet available to us, a third legislative vehicle of what a Reconciliation 3.0 might look like,” Thune. “And you know, the House is going through that process. We are, too, having conversations about timing and what it might include, et cetera.
” Some conservatives had initially wanted the second reconciliation bill to include elements of the SAVE America Act that could potentially survive the complex procedural rules in the Senate that dictate what can pass via the filibuster-skipping process, but the White House ultimately backed Senate leadership in keeping the second reconciliation bill focused more narrowly on funding for the Department of Homeland Security and Secret Service. The $1 billion in proposed Secret Service spending has drawn criticism from some Republicans,Rep.
Brian Fitzpatrick , because a portion of it would go toward building security features for the White House ballroom. Braid disputed the suggestion that Secret Service funding will be allocated to Trump’s ballroom, a project that polls show is unpopular. Instead, he argued the funding is to secure the White House complex more broadly.
A third reconciliation bill could also include parts of the SAVE America Act, which would impose a proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration and a voter ID requirement at the ballot box. The billearlier this year but stalled in the Senate because the GOP’s 53-seat majority can’t overcome the 60-vote threshold needed to break a filibuster.
Braid said the White House continues to push Republican senators to consider abandoning the filibuster to pass the SAVE Act and other GOP priorities, arguing Democrats would scrap the filibuster themselves were they in control of the Senate.
“If we’re not successful in doing that, I think we have a great chance of getting at least a down payment on the SAVE Act in Reconciliation 3.0, and that’s certainly something that would be in the conversation for that future legislative effort,” he said. The third reconciliation bill could also include some anti-fraud measures that build off the early successes of Vice President JD Vance’s“I think that the vice president’s fraud task force is doing incredible work, and we’re seeing a lot of ways in which the American social state can be reformed, that there are problems with American taxpayer dollars getting on target,” Braid said.
“We think that there’s an opportunity for a broadly unifying fraud … ensuring taxpayer dollars are going to the appropriate recipients. “I think we’ve got a great opportunity to work on Recon 3, but of course, we’re laser-focused on Recon 2,” he said. “I think a lot of people have already looked past this one. I can tell you from having done this with experience that there’s no such thing as a simple reconciliation bill.
So we’ve got a lot of ball left to play on Recon 2.0. ”Former California governor candidate and Swalwell donor arrested in LA areaLawmakers from both sides push Pentagon for details on supplemental funding requestThe Right’s growing crackup over organized labor
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