Another megabill? Senate Republicans have their doubts.

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Politico

08/11/2025 04:45 AM EDT


House Republicans are pushing for a second megabill. The Senate GOP’s not so sure. After a grueling ordeal to get President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” signed into law last month, Speaker Mike Johnson and other leaders are already talking about crafting at least one more domestic policy package that can pass along party lines in the Senate.

A White House official, granted anonymity to share details about private conversations, said another filibuster-skirting reconciliation bill is under discussion. The conservative Republican Study Committee has launched a “Reconciliation 2.0” working group and is hosting staff briefings throughout the summer recess to begin generating recommendations for follow-up legislation.

And Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) said he’s open to considering as many as 200 tax proposals from his members that were ultimately not included in the first megabill. But most senators have questions about what could go into another reconciliation package — and they’re casting doubts on whether it’s even politically possible to do this all over again.

“You have to have a reason to do it,” said Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.). “It’s not easy to do, so you have to have a purpose for doing it in the first place.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/11/another-megabill-senate-republicans-have-their-doubts-00499987

[no_hypocrisy]

1. How many votes in the Senate to pass?

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Only needs 51 (and can be a tie-breaker by Vance)

The caveat here is that it would have to happen after September 30 and in the new fiscal year because reconciliation is a "budget" thing and can only be done once (per type) per FY.

[Bayard]

2. We didn't stomp on enough peasants in the first one

[malthaussen]

3. Oh, thank goodness! They have "doubts!"

Their only "doubt" is who gets to make a token vote against the bill so it can look like they have integrity while it splits 50-50 so DJV will make the deciding vote -- if he can stop having vacations long enough.

-- Mal

[Karasu]

5. If even one of them dares to call themselves the "party of small government" ever fucking again...