GOP must race for new 'big, beautiful bill' to slash costs before midterms, top House Republicans warn
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...
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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 makes 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…