House GOP Splits Over $90 Billion Iran War Package as Johnson Adds SAVE America Act
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Updated · ms.now · Jul 14
House GOP Splits Over $90 Billion Iran War Package as Johnson Adds SAVE America Act
2 articles · Updated · ms.now · Jul 14
Summary
$90 billion in proposed reconciliation funding — about $70 billion for defense and $20 billion for agriculture — is exposing fresh House Republican divisions as leaders try to pair it with the SAVE America Act.
Johnson secured an end to conservatives’ floor blockade by promising to attach the voting measure to appropriations bills and include a version in reconciliation, but that fix opened a new fight over whether the package can pass.
Thursday’s planned Budget Committee markup and a push for House passage by next week leave little room to resolve complaints over missing spending offsets, distrust of the administration and anger from lawmakers excluded from planning.
The Senate parliamentarian has already ruled the SAVE America Act cannot be included directly in reconciliation, forcing Johnson to explore a state implementation fund and setting up a likely clash with the Senate.