House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington said Thursday he wants the House to move a budget blueprint for a narrow, party-line policy package in June as House GOP leaders weigh whether they can advance the long-shot legislation by the end of July.
“We can do a resolution and put flexibilities in the budget resolution,” the Texas Republican said, noting Republicans can add spending caps and other targets in the blueprint required to kick-start the filibuster-skirting budget reconciliation process.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) hosted a meeting Thursday morning with Arrington, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), several GOP caucus heads, and some key rank-and-file members, where the discussion centered around the path forward on advancing a third reconciliation bill — a follow-up to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act from last July and the immigration enforcement measure Republicans hope to pass in the coming days.
Republicans at this latest meeting discussed ways so-called Reconciliation 3.0 could tackle fraud and improve affordability of everyday goods, according to four people granted anonymity to share private conversations.
