House GOP pushes $95 billion package for Iran war and Trump priorities

Key Points:

• House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to advance a $95 billion Republican-only budget proposal aimed at funding the Iran war and other Trump administration priorities, despite opposition from Democrats and skepticism in the Senate.
• The budget includes $60 billion for the Pentagon, $13 billion for national security, $12 billion for farmers affected by tariffs, and $10 billion for voting law changes aligned with Trump’s SAVE America Act.
• Republicans are using the budget reconciliation process to bypass Senate filibusters, continuing a strategy used for previous major legislation, but the plan faces internal GOP divisions and Democratic criticism that funds should address domestic needs.
• Senate Majority Leader John Thune remains noncommittal on the House package, focusing instead on passing a stopgap funding measure to avoid a government shutdown before the September 30 deadline.
• The SAVE America Act’s voting requirements lack sufficient support in the Senate, highlighting ongoing GOP disagreements and complicating the budget’s prospects in the upper chamber.