House Republicans could be leaving hundreds of billions of dollars in potential savings on the table as the GOP conference works to finish a budget deal to extend expiring tax cuts and cut spending, according to one conservative House lawmaker.
Republican Oklahoma Rep. Josh Brecheen, a member of the House Freedom Caucus who sits on the House Budget Committee, said House Republicans should incorporate a full repeal of former President Joe Biden’s misnamed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into a budget reconciliation package, in an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation. A full repeal would fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to roll back the law and offset the cost of other spending priorities in the budget reconciliation package, according to Brecheen. (RELATED: White House Lays Out Policy Priorities For New Faith Office)
However, Brecheen said that current…
