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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise launches an August campaign sprint centered on Nebraska's purple 2nd District to defend Don Bacon's seat, part of a broader GOP drive to back incumbents and flip districts, with stops planned across several states; the piece also covers Trump pressuring Cornyn over Todd Blanche's nomination, Senate stopgap funding plans, and Teixeira-led campaign stops.
House approved a $95 billion budget blueprint funding the Iran war, farm aid, and SAVE Act components; Scalise says Senate Republicans must figure out a way to pass a reconciliation bill to bypass the filibuster, with Trump likely leaning on them. Thune doubts the votes exist for a third reconciliation and McConnell’s absence adds timing uncertainty as lawmakers head toward August recess and a Sept. 30 funding deadline.
House Republicans accuse some Senate colleagues of ‘buyer’s remorse’ after voting for a DHS funding package that funds most of the department but shortchanges immigration enforcement, as the two chambers remain at odds and a short-term extension is pushed to avert a protracted shutdown ahead of a recess.
President Trump and GOP members are using Representative Steve Scalise's ongoing cancer treatment as a roadblock to prevent him from becoming the next House speaker, despite Scalise expressing interest in the position.