Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham said Thursday he is meeting with fellow Republicans about making a new run at passing a party-line policy bill in the coming months.
“I want us to look at what a reconciliation package, a new one, would look like,” Graham said in a brief interview. “We could do some things on health care. We can do some things on policy, taxes and spending.”
As Budget Committee chair, the South Carolina Republican in essence quarterbacks the party-line reconciliation process that would allow the Senate GOP to skirt a Democratic filibuster. His panel is responsible for crafting the budget resolution that unlocks the subsequent policy legislation that can pass with a simple majority.
Graham’s comments after Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told reporters Wednesday that Graham was convening a meeting of Budget Committee Republicans. Graham confirmed he is meeting with fellow GOP senators.
