House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a budget framework for a roughly $95 billion reconciliation package that would provide funding for defense, farm aid and state efforts to implement voter ID requirements in elections. The resolution marks the opening salvo in Republicans’ effort to use the budget reconciliation process one final time to advance key GOP priorities while they still control both chambers of Congress and the White House.
The bill that delivers up to $73 billion for the military and intelligence efforts, along with $12 billion for farm assistance. The framework would also allow Republicans to devote another $10 billion for election-related matters. Some in the GOP are eyeing grants to encourage strict voter-ID laws, as House GOP leaders attempt to enact at least parts of the contentious SAVE America Act through the party-line reconciliation process. Because reconciliation bills can pass the Senate with a simple majority, the process would allow Republicans to sidestep a Democratic filibuster with the budget resolution serving as a blueprint, setting parameters for a more detailed reconciliation bill. The House Budget Committee is scheduled to mark up the budget resolution Thursday, kicking off what GOP leaders hope will be their final reconciliation push amid the high-stakes 2026 midterm elections. House GOP leaders want to hold a floor vote on the measure next week before lawmakers leave for a more than six-week recess. Action on the blueprint would then move to the Senate, which is scheduled to be in session into early August.
For today, the Senate is expected to take up a Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #779 Jeffrey T. Kuntz, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida as well as vote on final confirmation of the nomination.
The House is expected to take up pursuant to a Rule H.R. 8595 – National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027 as well as five bills under Suspension of the Rules from the Veterans’ Affairs Committee naming VA facilities.
