GOP Lays out Reconciliation 3.0: Affordability, Fraud Cuts, and a Conservative Roadmap

House Republicans are mapping Reconciliation 3.0, a third partisan budget package aimed at lowering costs and rooting out fraud in safety-net programs, with CBO and JCT briefings and a push to finalize before the August recess. The rollout includes potential tax and energy measures and scrutiny of Medicaid/Medicare savings, while other Capitol Hill updates show Rep. Obernolte pushing a bipartisan AI framework toward hearings and Democrats plotting an affordability agenda amid stalled funding talks and looming Section 702 issues.