Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.) is pressuring his colleagues to back deeper spending cuts if the GOP makes another go at reconciliation, joining fellow fiscal hawks who hope to hunt for more savings soon.
Smucker crafted the “fiscal framework,” which is meant to hold fellow Republicans to slashing spending in the One Big Beautiful Bill. This is a strategy that helped force deep cuts to programs like Medicaid and SNAP.
We caught up with Smucker on his takeaways from the reconciliation fight and how he plans to sell the bill back home in his Lancaster, Pa., district this August.
