WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. John Kennedy issued the following press release:
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, penned this (https://nypost.com/2025/12/16/opinion/senate-gop-lets-get-busy-and-pass-more-big-beautiful-bills/) op-ed in the New York Post urging congressional Republicans to use their two remaining reconciliation bills to address cost-of-living issues in America.
Key excerpts of the op-ed are below:
"The One Big Beautiful Bill stands alone as the 119th Congress' most extraordinary piece of legislation - but it doesn't have to.
"Under the Senate's rules, congressional Republicans can use the reconciliation process to pass two more big, beautiful bills with a simple majority vote. And we would...