{"id":2576933,"date":"2026-03-06T12:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-leadership-begins-another-push-for-reconciliation-2-0\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:41:50","slug":"house-gop-leadership-begins-another-push-for-reconciliation-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-leadership-begins-another-push-for-reconciliation-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP leadership begins another push for reconciliation 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-gop-leadership-begins-another-push-for-reconciliation-2-0%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2576933&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Republicans are pushing for a second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-schumer-file-measure-that-sets-up-process-to-ram-through-biden-stimulus-without-gop-support\/\" title=\"Pelosi, Schumer File Measure That Sets Up Process To Ram Through Biden Stimulus Without GOP Support\">reconciliation bill<\/a> (Reconciliation 2.0) to advance the GOP\u2019s tax and spending priorities, with discussions slated for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drag-queen-who-says-biden-is-a-senile-white-supremacist-scheduled-to-perform-at-dem-retreat\/\" title=\"Drag Queen Who Says Biden Is a \u2018Senile... \u2018White Supremacist... Scheduled To Perform At Dem Retreat\">policy retreat<\/a> in Doral, Florida. Speaker Mike Johnson is leading the effort, but the path forward is uncertain due to his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >razor-thin majority<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson can lose only a single GOP vote on any measure and would still need Democratic support, meaning the plan must appeal to both moderates and hardliners, including the House Freedom Caucus. The Republican study Committee has drafted a framework for such a bill,but it\u2019s unclear whether leadership will adopt it.<\/p>\n<p>Support for the initiative is echoed by RSC Chairman August Pfluger, who says Johnson and Leader Scalise back the effort, while Scalise cautions that achieving consensus within the conference is essential. With elections approaching and Democrats performing well in recent races, leadership is seeking any move, including reconciliation 2.0, to protect incumbents, though past skepticism about passing another major package remains.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House GOP leadership begin push for reconciliation 2.0<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2523011\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11272\">House<\/a> Republican leadership is pushing for a second party-line <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/reconciliation\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17698\">reconciliation<\/a> bill and plan to discuss it at their upcoming policy retreat in Doral, Florida, next week.<\/p>\n<p>Sources close to GOP leadership told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7043\">Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) is pursuing the effort. A second megabill reflecting the GOP&rsquo;s tax and spending priorities has been an ambition for lawmakers, but the path forward is complicated by Johnson&rsquo;s razor-thin majority.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4480190\/minnesota-attorney-general-says-was-duped-feeding-future\/\">Minnesota attorney general says he was duped by Feeding Our Future fraudsters: &#8216;They lied to everyone&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Johnson can only lose one GOP vote on any measure before having to rely on Democrats for support. Given the dynamics, a new reconciliation legislation will have to appeal to both moderate Republicans and hardliners within the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-freedom-caucus\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2415\">House Freedom Caucus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Study Committee, the biggest faction of House Republicans, has already been working on such a bill. The group has designed a framework for what the legislation could include, but it&rsquo;s unclear whether GOP leadership will use the blueprint.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got great support from Speaker Johnson and Leader Scalise,&rdquo; RSC Chairman August Pfluger said on the <em>Scott Jennings Show<\/em>. &ldquo;They know what&rsquo;s at stake. I think the Senate knows what&rsquo;s at stake. They can&rsquo;t count on 60 votes for much of anything. So inside our own conference, we are doing the hard work right now to figure out what can go in.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It would be political malpractice to not do this,&rdquo; the chairman said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But leadership has expressed skepticism in the past on getting another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-controlled-house-passes-1-9-trillion-stimulus-bill-two-dems-vote-against-it\/\" title=\"Democrat-Controlled House Passes .9 Trillion Stimulus Bill; Two Dems Vote Against It\">major piece<\/a> of legislation across the finish line.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4416723\/republicans-conservative-blueprint-second-reconciliation-bill\/\"><strong>REPUBLICAN LEADERS TEMPER EXPECTATIONS OF PULLING OFF RECONCILATION 2.0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d sure love to do one, but obviously, with a now one<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-outraise-democrats-across-the-board-in-january\/\" title=\"Republicans Outraise ... Across the Board in January\">-seat majority<\/a>, basically, it means we&rsquo;ve all got to come together and agree on what that framework would look like,&rdquo; House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) said earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>With Election Day around the corner and Democrats out performing in nearly every recent election, leadership is looking for anything they can do to protect their incumbents and hold on to their majority for the last two years of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s second term.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP leadership seeks a second reconciliation bill 2.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2576934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WEX_GOP_SHUTDOWN-8-e1762446800796.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[4402,70987,50402,75244],"class_list":["post-2576933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-congress","tag-house-gop-2","tag-leadership-2","tag-reconciliation-2-0-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WEX_GOP_SHUTDOWN-8-e1762446800796.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2576933"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2576937,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576933\/revisions\/2576937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2576934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2576933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2576933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2576933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}