Steve Scalise

House Republicans are discussing a fourth party-line budget reconciliation bill to “go after fraud,” even as leaders struggle to collect votes for their third attempt, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) told Bloomberg Government Tuesday.

Scalise said leaders are in “early conversations” about a fourth budget bill. A more immediate test will come Wednesday, when the House votes on a Republican budget resolution to kickstart the third party-line package with defense, agriculture, and election funding. Some conservatives are upset by the lack of offsets in the proposal — which GOP leaders suggest could be remedied in a fourth bill after ...