{"id":11060,"date":"2026-07-20T01:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=11060"},"modified":"2026-07-20T01:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:53:00","slug":"house-gops-reconciliation-3-0-push-hits-early-road-bumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=11060","title":{"rendered":"House GOP&#039;s reconciliation 3.0 push hits early road bumps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/3V6Ngwko9HFE6U1aq1Gc88-TxyI=\/0x155:6936x4056\/1366x768\/2026\/07\/14\/1784058307437.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson is in an uncomfortably familiar spot: under pressure from President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/politics-policy\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Trump<\/a>, under fire from members and under the gun to advance a reconciliation bill in just a few days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> Johnson (R-La.) is trying to tee up a final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/10\/reconciliation-house-gop-trump-obbb\" target=\"_blank\">party-line legislative package<\/a> before the midterms, but Republicans remain divided over the contents of the bill and the strategy behind it.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<ul>\n<li>GOP leaders are assembling a narrow framework that would include roughly $67 billion for defense, $20 billion for agriculture and farm aid, and elements of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/24\/trump-delays-housing-bill-save-act\" target=\"_blank\">SAVE America Act<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The prospect of no offsets for billions of dollars in defense funding is not sitting well with conservatives. &#8220;No, I&#8217;m not,&#8221; Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said when asked whether he&#8217;s comfortable with no pay-fors.<\/li>\n<li>Other members are frustrated about the lack of information: &#8220;Most of the conference has been kept in the dark on what exactly is going on,&#8221; Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) told Axios.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Driving the news:<\/strong> The White House has launched a full-court press to shore up support for the package ahead of Thursday&#8217;s Budget Committee markup and a planned House vote next week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Johnson and House GOP leaders met with President Trump at the White House on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the path forward.<\/li>\n<li>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was scheduled to meet with roughly a dozen conservative lawmakers Tuesday evening to discuss the defense funding portion of the package.<\/li>\n<li>OMB Director Russ Vought addressed House Freedom Caucus members Monday night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Yes, but: <\/strong>The administration&#8217;s lobbying blitz hasn&#8217;t solved every problem. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Budget Committee member <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepHouchin\/status\/2077052455854952830?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Houchin<\/a> (R-Ind.) told her colleagues in a closed-door conference meeting Tuesday that she was leaning toward opposing the bill during the committee markup after she was left out of negotiations at Camp David over the weekend, a source in the room told Axios.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;There&#8217;s a limited amount of space, unfortunately,&#8221; Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) told Axios. &#8220;I don&#8217;t blame her for being upset about it.&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Somebody&#8217;s got to be chosen and somebody isn&#8217;t. Just because you&#8217;re not doesn&#8217;t say anything negative,&#8221; Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) told Axios.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Another flashpoint: <\/strong>Some Republicans believe leadership should first test whether a bipartisan supplemental to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/25\/trump-white-house-congress-request-iran-war-us-farmers-ebola\" target=\"_blank\">fund the war in Iran<\/a> can pass before falling back on reconciliation if necessary.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) told Axios that bipartisan negotiations on a supplemental remain &#8220;a live discussion.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I am hopeful that if that becomes specific, a specific proposal that doesn&#8217;t have other partisan initiatives, it would enjoy the support of members from across the aisle,&#8221; he said. <\/li>\n<li>Rather than forcing Democrats to vote directly on funding the war in Iran, Republicans are including billions in defense funding in a reconciliation package that includes other measures Democrats would never go for, like the SAVE America Act.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Between the lines: <\/strong>Democrats have an easier political off-ramp when defense funding is wrapped into reconciliation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A clean supplemental, by contrast, would force Democrats to cast a straightforward vote on military funding \u2014 something Republicans believe could either attract bipartisan support or provide a potent campaign message if Democrats block it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson is in an uncomfortably familiar spot: under pressure from President Trump, under fire from members and under the gun to advance a reconciliation bill in just a few days. 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