House Budget chairman reveals how Republicans will pay for the Iran campaign
House Republicans are lurching forward with a second budget reconciliation package, ending months of speculation about whether the chamber would attempt to marshal a second GOP-only megabill through Congress before...
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House Republicans are lurching forward with a second budget reconciliation package, ending months of speculation about whether the chamber would attempt to marshal a second GOP-only megabill through Congress before November’s midterm elections. House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, said Wednesday he wants the measure to pay for President Donald Trump's Iran campaign and enact anti-fraud provisions that offset the cost of the anticipated defense infusion’s large price tag. "It's an opportunity to solve two problems and address two challenges and advance two great causes: fund the military, provide a strong defense, win the war, achieve the objectives, and do it in a way that doesn't put our kids further in the hole," Arrington told reporters. "We're all but ready to mark up a budget resolution," Arrington continued, while adding that his panel is still continuing to hash out the details of the package. HOUSE CONSERVATIVES ERUPT OVER SENATE GOP, WHITE HOUSE DEAL AMID SAVE ACT FIGHT The Trump administration has floated a $200 billion request to help pay for the war in Iran, but has yet to deliver a formal ask. Given Democrats’ expected opposition to a defense supplemental, some House Republicans have said a second reconciliation package is the only viable vehicle to advance the measure and other Trump priorities through Congress. "Democrats have obstructed everything," Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. "So we believe, unfortunately, that reconciliation is the only mechanism to move the rest of the President's agenda." Republicans have zeroed in on fraud in social services for months and view the enactment of fraud-related spending cuts as a way to offset the cost of the package. The budget reconciliation process would allow Republicans to circumvent the Senate’s 60-vote requirement and pass a spending measure with a simple majority. Arrington said he would be working closely with Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R…