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Reconciliation bill preparations get underway despite doubts

Work on the second reconciliation bill of the 119th Congress took a baby step forward Wednesday as the House and Senate Budget Committee chairs met to review plans for the first step in the process: drafting a budget resolution. Despite considerable doubts among Republicans that they can unify for a…

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Smucker enters Budget Committee race as odds-on favorite - Roll Call

Rep. Lloyd K. Smucker, the favorite to become the next top Republican on the House Budget Committee, is eyeing a second reconciliation bill.

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At the Races: Back to our regularly scheduled programming - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including redistricting and the end of the shutdown.

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House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington announces retirement - Roll Call

Republican Rep. Jodey C. Arrington of Texas won’t seek reelection in 2026, closing out a tumultuous run as House Budget chairman.

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Bessent, House Democrats spar over budget package's debt boost - Roll Call

Democrats questioned Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over the effect of Republicans’ “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill on the debt.

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Sweeping budget package passes House after weeks of arm-twisting - Roll Call

House Republicans passed their "big, beautiful" reconciliation bill early Thursday morning, sending to the Senate a filibuster-proof package.

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Weekend do-over planned for 'big, beautiful' budget package - Roll Call

The House Budget Committee plans to try again Sunday night to advance the GOP reconciliation package after four Republican dissenters torpedoed the measure at a markup Friday.

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GOP leaders try to keep Friday reconciliation markup on track - Roll Call

House Republicans’ “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill has a Texas-sized problem as it heads to the Budget Committee for a Friday markup.

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House GOP won't be jammed by Senate on budget, leaders pledge - Roll Call

Speaker Mike Johnson and his GOP leadership team on Saturday sought to tamp down a brewing revolt on the budget resolution.

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Senate starts debate on GOP budget plan after delayed vote - Roll Call

Senate Republicans got over the first procedural hurdle Thursday on their revised budget plan needed to move forward on a reconciliation bill.

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House budget blueprint ready for close-up amid GOP 'angst' - Roll Call

Lawmakers made clear that the resolution will likely undergo rewrites at the Budget Committee as Republicans continue to seek consensus.

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House GOP preps all-in-one budget blueprint for committee vote - Roll Call

House Republicans are plowing ahead with a budget resolution markup on Thursday before the chamber’s scheduled one-week recess begins.

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Senate GOP prepares to move on two-step budget package - Roll Call

Senate Republicans expect to mark up their budget resolution as soon as next week, as the House GOP struggles over its version.

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Reconciliation debate to test ‘tax cuts for the rich’ narrative - Roll Call

If Democrats want to dust off their 2017 playbook as they mount an offensive against extending expiring tax cuts, this month has provided lots of fodder.

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Some members of Congress not sweating reelection this year - Roll Call

Dozens of House members face little or no opposition in the Super Tuesday primaries and some have no major party opponent this fall.

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Bill to create new debt commission approved in House panel - Roll Call

The House Budget Committee advanced legislation that would create a bipartisan fiscal commission to curb the growth of federal debt.

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Johnson elected speaker for remainder of 118th Congress - Roll Call

Weeks of infighting among House Republicans opened a lane for their fourth-round draft pick to claim the gavel Wednesday.

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Speaker vote timing uncertain as Jordan backers hold out - Roll Call

Rep. Steve Scalise's bid for speaker was on shaky ground Wednesday as Republicans went back behind closed doors to figure out next steps.

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Balanced-budget plan unveiled by House Republicans - Roll Call

House Republicans released a long-delayed budget blueprint Tuesday that promises to bring the federal budget into balance over a decade.

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Arrington sets House budget resolution markup next week - Roll Call

The House Budget panel plans to mark up a fiscal 2024 budget resolution Sept. 20, ending months of skepticism about whether it would happen.

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Conservatives’ budget plan renews battle over seniors’ benefits

WASHINGTON — The largest bloc of House conservatives offered up a fiscal blueprint Wednesday that promises to balance the federal budget in seven years, make GOP tax cuts permanent and slash domestic spending.

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Conservatives' budget plan renews battle over seniors' benefits - Roll Call

The plan would gradually raise the age at which future retirees can start claiming full Social Security benefits from 67 to 69.

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Biden, McCarthy will attempt to salvage debt limit deal

President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy plan to meet Monday afternoon to discuss how to raise the debt limit after a weekend of negotiations by proxies left each side accusing the other of throwing up new roadblocks to a deal.

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Biden, McCarthy will attempt to salvage debt limit deal - Roll Call

President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy meet Monday to discuss how to raise the debt limit after a weekend of talks by proxies.

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House GOP revises debt limit package to win over holdouts - Roll Call

Republican leaders agreed to make several substantive changes to their debt limit increase measure in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.

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