Scalise Confirms 4th Reconciliation Bill to Cut Waste as GOP Pushes $95 Billion 3rd Package
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 22
Scalise Confirms 4th Reconciliation Bill to Cut Waste as GOP Pushes $95 Billion 3rd Package
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 22
Summary
A fourth House budget reconciliation bill is being prepared to target government waste and fraud, with Steve Scalise saying Republicans want to return misused federal money to taxpayers.
Scalise said GOP leaders plan to move it as soon as they finish reconciliation 3.0, making his remarks the first public confirmation from senior House Republican leadership.
The push follows a closed-door Tuesday meeting where Speaker Mike Johnson and OMB Director Russell Vought floated a fourth bill to calm fiscal hawks uneasy about the current package.
That third bill would add about $95 billion over 10 years — including $73 billion for the U.S. war with Iran, $12 billion for farmers and $10 billion for election security — but faces resistance over limited spending cuts.
Republicans have already passed two reconciliation bills this Congress, using the filibuster-proof process to advance Trump's tax and immigration priorities with simple majorities.