House Republican leadership has floated to members a fourth — yes, fourth — reconciliation package they would aim to bring to the floor after the November midterms.
While the plans have no guaranteed path to success and may not become a formal proposal, House Republicans are discussing them internally, Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Alabama) and Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) said Wednesday.
This Congress has leaned heavily on the party-line reconciliation process that allows legislation to clear the Senate with a simple majority, as Republicans have struggled to pass their legislative agenda. Typically, Congress would pass one or two of these types of budget packages through the reconciliation process — making this Congress an outlier.