Johnson: "It's our best shot at enacting … the SAVE America Act"

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced Wednesday that House Republicans will move forward with a third reconciliation package that includes defense funding, agriculture and farm aid, and elements of the SAVE America Act.

"This budget resolution, which kickstarts reconciliation 3.0, is a process," he said alongside Vice President JD Vance. "It's our best shot at enacting our party's top priority legislation, the SAVE America Act, which is important to the American people and it's important to the future."

The $95 billion budget resolution, which must pass both chambers before Republicans can craft a filibuster-proof bill, provides up to $73 billion for defense, $12 billion for farm aid and $10 billion for election security measures.

The House Budget Committee is set to mark up the resolution Thursday, with Republican leaders hoping to bring it to the House floor next week. House Republicans can afford to lose only a handful of votes because of their razor-thin majority.

The resolution does not offset the new spending with budget cuts, a sticking point likely to draw opposition from fiscal conservatives.

It's also unclear whether the measure has enough support to pass the Senate as Republicans seek to hold their majorities in the November midterm elections.

Republicans have already passed two reconciliation bills this Congress: the "big, beautiful" tax cuts bill last summer and another measure earlier this year funding immigration enforcement agencies.

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