GOP must race for new 'big, beautiful bill' to slash costs before midterms, top House Republicans warn
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FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans who are spearheading the charge of another "big, beautiful bill" say they only have a short window of time to pass a massive piece of legislation aimed at lowering costs for Americans across the board.
"We need to see good movement within the month of February that puts us on a path to achieve this by late spring, early summer," Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital.
President Donald Trump led Republicans through passing the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act last year, sprawling legislation that made good on versions of several Trump campaign promises like reducing taxes on tipped and overtime wages, extending his 2017 tax cuts, and surging more money toward his immigration crackdown.
The budget reconciliation process makes such a feat possible by lowering the Senate's threshold for passage to line up with the House's own simple majority line, empowering the party holding the levers of power in Congress to pass sweeping fiscal changes to U.S. law.
GOP UNVEILS PLAN TO CUT DEFICIT BY $1 TRILLION WITH SECOND 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL'
A large contingent of Republican lawmakers, including Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., have said they want to use that process again sometime this year. Pfluger's RSC, the largest caucus in the House GOP, released a framework last month with recommendations on a bill that would lower costs in areas like housing, healthcare and energy.
Pfluger told Fox News Digital that affordability would likely be a "major driver" of another such GOP bill, but said he was still working on getting input from other areas of the House Republican Conference.
"I'm sure that there will be refinement as we hear feedback from the different groups. But we do believe that it's a solid framework. We believe that it's a winning issue based on good policy," Pfluger said.
'ONE MORE': SENATE REPUBLICANS EYE TACKLING ANOTHER RECONCILIATION BILL
But both he and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, have acknowledged they will need to work fast — particularly with the 2026 midterm elections coming in November.
"I would be embarrassed as a leader and as a conservative if our conference and Republicans in Washington won't rally in these 10 or 11 months we have before November, where we still have this window of opportunity to strike," Arrington said in a forthcoming episode of the RSC's "Right to the Point" podcast, which Fox News Digital got an exclusive first look at.
He said elsewhere in the podcast that Republicans "probably have a three-month window" to take meaningful …
Same show, different day.
FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans who are spearheading the charge of another "big, beautiful bill" say they only have a short window of time to pass a massive piece of legislation aimed at lowering costs for Americans across the board.
"We need to see good movement within the month of February that puts us on a path to achieve this by late spring, early summer," Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital.
President Donald Trump led Republicans through passing the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act last year, sprawling legislation that made good on versions of several Trump campaign promises like reducing taxes on tipped and overtime wages, extending his 2017 tax cuts, and surging more money toward his immigration crackdown.
The budget reconciliation process makes such a feat possible by lowering the Senate's threshold for passage to line up with the House's own simple majority line, empowering the party holding the levers of power in Congress to pass sweeping fiscal changes to U.S. law.
GOP UNVEILS PLAN TO CUT DEFICIT BY $1 TRILLION WITH SECOND 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL'
A large contingent of Republican lawmakers, including Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., have said they want to use that process again sometime this year. Pfluger's RSC, the largest caucus in the House GOP, released a framework last month with recommendations on a bill that would lower costs in areas like housing, healthcare and energy.
Pfluger told Fox News Digital that affordability would likely be a "major driver" of another such GOP bill, but said he was still working on getting input from other areas of the House Republican Conference.
"I'm sure that there will be refinement as we hear feedback from the different groups. But we do believe that it's a solid framework. We believe that it's a winning issue based on good policy," Pfluger said.
'ONE MORE': SENATE REPUBLICANS EYE TACKLING ANOTHER RECONCILIATION BILL
But both he and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, have acknowledged they will need to work fast — particularly with the 2026 midterm elections coming in November.
"I would be embarrassed as a leader and as a conservative if our conference and Republicans in Washington won't rally in these 10 or 11 months we have before November, where we still have this window of opportunity to strike," Arrington said in a forthcoming episode of the RSC's "Right to the Point" podcast, which Fox News Digital got an exclusive first look at.
He said elsewhere in the podcast that Republicans "probably have a three-month window" to take meaningful …
GOP must race for new 'big, beautiful bill' to slash costs before midterms, top House Republicans warn
Same show, different day.
FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans who are spearheading the charge of another "big, beautiful bill" say they only have a short window of time to pass a massive piece of legislation aimed at lowering costs for Americans across the board.
"We need to see good movement within the month of February that puts us on a path to achieve this by late spring, early summer," Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital.
President Donald Trump led Republicans through passing the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act last year, sprawling legislation that made good on versions of several Trump campaign promises like reducing taxes on tipped and overtime wages, extending his 2017 tax cuts, and surging more money toward his immigration crackdown.
The budget reconciliation process makes such a feat possible by lowering the Senate's threshold for passage to line up with the House's own simple majority line, empowering the party holding the levers of power in Congress to pass sweeping fiscal changes to U.S. law.
GOP UNVEILS PLAN TO CUT DEFICIT BY $1 TRILLION WITH SECOND 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL'
A large contingent of Republican lawmakers, including Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., have said they want to use that process again sometime this year. Pfluger's RSC, the largest caucus in the House GOP, released a framework last month with recommendations on a bill that would lower costs in areas like housing, healthcare and energy.
Pfluger told Fox News Digital that affordability would likely be a "major driver" of another such GOP bill, but said he was still working on getting input from other areas of the House Republican Conference.
"I'm sure that there will be refinement as we hear feedback from the different groups. But we do believe that it's a solid framework. We believe that it's a winning issue based on good policy," Pfluger said.
'ONE MORE': SENATE REPUBLICANS EYE TACKLING ANOTHER RECONCILIATION BILL
But both he and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, have acknowledged they will need to work fast — particularly with the 2026 midterm elections coming in November.
"I would be embarrassed as a leader and as a conservative if our conference and Republicans in Washington won't rally in these 10 or 11 months we have before November, where we still have this window of opportunity to strike," Arrington said in a forthcoming episode of the RSC's "Right to the Point" podcast, which Fox News Digital got an exclusive first look at.
He said elsewhere in the podcast that Republicans "probably have a three-month window" to take meaningful …
