GOP budget push stalls as internal divisions threaten midterm agenda
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House Speaker Mike Johnson aims to move a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown and a $95 billion package for the Pentagon, farmers, and election security before August recess, but intra-party divisions and Trump-aligned voting restrictions complicate passage ahead of the November midterms.
Topics:nation#economic-policy#elections#government-budgets#government-spending#us-republican-party#voting
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