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Reconciliation 3.0 hurdles

CQ Budget, Episode No. 396

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wants to add voter identification legislation to a third reconciliation bill.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wants to add voter identification legislation to a third reconciliation bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House Republicans are scrambling to produce a third reconciliation bill this Congress focused on defense spending and combating fraud, but they face numerous obstacles. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak join host David Lerman to assess the bill’s prospects and all the complications that lie ahead.

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