Congress Returns from Recess; Begins Drafting Reconciliation Bills

After a two-week recess, Congress has returned to Capitol Hill determined to make progress on reconciliation legislation with an eye toward enacting one “big, beautiful bill” to extend the Trump Administration’s tax breaks. As previously reported by COSSA, Congress passed a reconciliation blueprint through the House and Senate in March. The blueprint directs Congressional committees to identify cuts to agencies and programs under their jurisdiction and, over the past weekend, the House Homeland Security Committee (HHSC) and House Armed Services Committee (HASC) released their draft bills. In these bills, $69 billion would be allocated to border security and $150 billion to defense priorities. More committees are expected to release their draft bills in the coming weeks, with some members of Congress indicating that final passage will take place before the month-long August recess.

Stay tuned to COSSA’s continued coverage on Congressional activities.