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politics1 month ago•3 min saved

Campaign trail looms as House heads home amid Iran and cost concerns

House Republicans head home for a five-week recess as they brace for a tough August campaign focused on Iran policy, rising living costs, and national security, while touting recent wins—funding through December, a $95 billion budget blueprint, and a defense policy bill—that the Senate is likely to block. Democrats counter with an affordability-focused message and monitor primary challenges that could sap unity; in the Senate, Trump’s push on the SAVE America Act faces resistance, while sanctions on Russia and Iran move toward a potential floor vote.

via Politico|

#affordability #budget #house-republicans

politics1 month ago•9 min saved

Grim summer looms for House Republicans as Iran war dominates the campaign trail

With a five-week recess ahead, House Republicans confront waning public concern about the Iran war, internal party tensions, and a push to showcase policy wins as Democrats frame affordability and accountability ahead of the midterms, all while Senate action on funding and the GOP budget blueprint creates a rocky path for their messaging.

via Politico|

#budget-and-legislation #campaign-trail #house-republicans

politics1 month ago•7 min saved

Johnson pushes Trump-backed election reforms through House using reconciliation

Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans advanced the SAVE America Act by using budget reconciliation to push election-integrity measures (including federal voter ID and citizenship proof) past Democratic opposition. The framework passed 216-214 with near-total GOP support and three GOP defections (Massie, Davidson, Kiley); Democrats opposed. The plan would channel roughly $95 billion in new spending, including about $10 billion for states to implement election reforms, amid fiscal hawks’ concerns over offsets. With a razor-thin majority, Johnson can afford few defections as he presses Trump’s top election priority through the chamber, with the Senate and a final bill still to go.

via Fox News|

#budget-reconciliation #election-integrity #house-republicans

politics1 month ago•6 min saved

Hard-right NDAA passes House, signaling Trump-aligned defense push

House Republicans narrowly approved a $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act along party lines, advancing a hard-right agenda that would rename the Pentagon the Department of War, curb gender-affirming care, ease firearms on bases, and attach the SAVE America Act; Democrats won some provisions, but Senate prospects are uncertain amid partisan fights over Trump-era defense priorities, the Iran war, and NATO troop levels.

via Politico|

#defense-spending #department-of-war #donald-trump

politics1 month ago•25 min saved

NASA Chief Says Moon-to-Mars Ambitions Are Funded Without a New GOP Request

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told a GOP lunch he isn’t asking for more money as NASA pursues Artemis and other missions, citing a funding path that includes a roughly $25 billion topline for 2026 plus $10 billion from last year’s reconciliation package. With the White House proposing a 25% cut for 2027 and House appropriators aiming to restore the topline, lawmakers are hashing out funding as Artemis targets a 2028 Moon landing and broader space exploration; Isaacman stressed he has the cash to move forward and spoke to influential Republicans, including Rep. August Pfluger and Newt Gingrich.

via Politico|

#artemis-program #house-republicans #jared-isaacman

politics1 month ago•28 min saved

GOP pushes aggressive defense bill amid conservative amendments and Iran-war debate

The House narrowly advances the $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act as Republicans attach conservative amendments and the SAVE America Act, while Democrats oppose the bill’s price tag and Iran-war posture; the package faces hundreds of amendments and a broader GOP push for a stopgap funding bill and a reconciliation framework to fund government and defense, with additional notes on committee changes and ethics rules.

via Politico|

#defense-bill #house-republicans #iran-war

politics1 month ago•8 min saved

Johnson Gains Ground as House Conservatives End Floor Blockade

House conservatives ended their weeklong floor blockade after Speaker Mike Johnson paired the SAVE America Act with the State Department funding bill, enabling a 215-211 procedural vote and setting up votes on spending and related measures; Rep. Anna Paulina Luna flipped to yes, with other holdouts backing the move to press the Senate to act on the election-integrity measure and border-security priorities.

via Fox News|

#anna-paulina-luna #house-republicans #johnson

$GOP fractures imperil Johnson’s leadership$

politics1 month ago•188 min saved

GOP fractures imperil Johnson’s leadership

Johnson’s hold on a razor-thin, fractious House GOP is fraying as hardliners led by Chip Roy threaten to block floor votes on border-security legislation (HR 2) and other priorities, demanding broad immigration concessions. With Trump pressuring allies and a looming midterm, Johnson is considering a reconciliation path to push an elections overhaul while trying to prevent a wider mutiny that could derail spending and defense bills. The chaos underscores a rare leadership test in modern Congress.

via CNN|

#border-security #floor-chaos #house-republicans

politics1 month ago•2 min saved

SAVE Act Stalls House GOP Agenda Yet Again

More than a dozen House Republicans blocked a procedural vote on the National Defense Authorization Act over the SAVE Act, prompting leadership to bundle the election measure with the NDAA in hopes of passage, though the Senate could still strip it. Conservatives resist alternative routes like a third reconciliation bill, and President Trump urged Republicans to stop blocking votes, but the stalemate persists as the path forward for the defense bill and other items before the July 4 recess remains unclear.

via Axios|

#house-republicans #ndaa #politics

politics2 months ago•2 min saved

Trump nudges GOP on SAVE Act as Johnson advances housing bill

President Trump publicly pressed House Republicans to stop stalling procedural votes, helping Speaker Mike Johnson push the SAVE America Act forward, as Johnson transmitted a bipartisan housing bill to the White House—signaling progress after Trump had previously refused to sign it—and drawing mixed reactions from GOP lawmakers about using procedural tactics that have slowed the House’s work.

via Axios|

#house-republicans #housing-bill #mike-johnson

politics2 months ago•7 min saved

GOP Stalls on Reconciliation 3.0 as funding, Real ID, and SAVE Act clash

House Republicans are maneuvering to advance a party-line Reconciliation 3.0 package, but internal opposition over offsets and policy fights — including the SAVE America Act, Real ID-backed voting grants, defense funding, and Planned Parenthood defunding — threaten to derail a July deadline and reveal stubborn intra‑party splits despite Johnson’s optimism.

via Politico|

#budget-resolution #house-republicans #politics

politics2 months ago•10 min saved

GOP Receives Classified Briefing on White House Defense Goals Amid Recon 3.0 Push

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will brief House Republicans in a classified session on White House goals for military funding and a party-line reconciliation package as Republicans push Recon 3.0; the report also notes the House Appropriations Committee moving on the 2027 defense bill, bipartisan progress on a kids-online-safety package (KOSA), and other Capitol agenda items including a Dershowitz appearance and a pivotal Iowa Senate poll tied to national political dynamics.

via Politico|

#defense-spending #house-republicans #iran-deal

politics2 months ago•3 min saved

GOP Struggles to Lock Votes as Immigration Bill and Next Reconciliation Loom

House Republicans are grappling with whether they can pass a long-awaited immigration-enforcement bill while laying the groundwork for a larger, more partisan Reconciliation 3.0—an effort that hinges on reforms and intra-party dynamics amid ongoing primaries. Leadership says the process remains fluid as attendance and votes are uncertain. Separately, they are weighing a path to renew the Section 702 surveillance program and a crypto-tax framework in Ways and Means, though bipartisan support is far from guaranteed.

via Politico|

#crypto-tax #house-republicans #immigration-enforcement

politics3 months ago•2 min saved

House Republicans pull Iran war powers vote as defections loom

House GOP leaders canceled a planned Thursday vote to curb President Trump’s Iran military campaign due to insufficient support, likely delaying the measure until after the Memorial Day recess. The resolution would rebuke the administration’s actions but is largely symbolic since Trump can veto. Some Republicans who had supported it (including four who previously voted yes) faced absences that could have tipped the outcome, while a Democrat (Rep. Jared Golden) planned to switch to yes. The drama underscores growing GOP unease with the war and questions about congressional authorization, even as the White House argues the War Powers Act deadline no longer applies after a ceasefire with Iran.

via Axios|

#congress #house-republicans #iran

politics3 months ago•4 min saved

DHS Funding Ends Shutdown as ICE Funding Becomes Key, FISA Extension Granted

The longest U.S. government shutdown ended after President Trump signed a House-passed bill funding most of the Department of Homeland Security, easing pay for DHS workers while ICE funding remains a point of contention. A 45-day extension of the FISA program was approved to buy time for reforms, and Congress moved to curb senators’ betting on prediction markets. In health news, the president withdrew Casey Means’s nomination for surgeon general and named Dr. Nicole Saphier as the replacement.

via PBS|

#fisa #government-shutdown #homeland-security