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Speaker Johnson teases follow-ups to the 'one big, beautiful bill'

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09.06.2025

The “one big, beautiful bill” may not be so singular, after all.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is teasing follow-up legislation to the megabill of President Trump’s tax cut and spending priorities that Republicans can push though using the same special budget reconciliation process that requires only GOP votes.

That tool can be used once per fiscal year, with the current fiscal year ending on Sept. 30. So after Republicans are done with the "big, beautiful bill," the GOP trifecta has, in theory, two more shots to muscle through party-line legislation before the next Congress comes into power after the midterms.

Johnson floated plans for a second reconciliation bill while rebutting concerns from deficit hawks on the budget impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — which includes an extension of tax cuts and boosts to border and defense funding, with costs offset in part by new requirements on low-income assistance programs like Medicaid and food aid.

“Everyone here wants to reduce spending,” Johnson said Friday morning on CNBC. “But you have to do that in a........

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