{"id":2612531,"date":"2026-06-09T16:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-cool-to-house-push-for-third-reconciliation-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T16:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:07:59","slug":"senate-gop-cool-to-house-push-for-third-reconciliation-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-cool-to-house-push-for-third-reconciliation-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate GOP cool to House push for third reconciliation bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-gop-cool-to-house-push-for-third-reconciliation-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2612531&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Republicans say they\u2019re unlikely to pursue a third budget reconciliation bill in President Donald Trump\u2019s second term, even as House GOP leaders press for another party-line legislative package. senate Majority Leader John Thune kept the door open onyl conditionally, citing the difficulty of assembling enough support-potentially 51 votes (or 50 with recent realities)-and the practical challenge of moving quickly before the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Other senators were more direct in dismissing the idea. Susan Collins warned against relying on reconciliation for major defense funding instead of using regular appropriations, while Mitch McConnell said it\u2019s effectively \u201cnot an option\u201d for another reconciliation bill.<\/p>\n<p>The article also notes that the GOP has already passed two reconciliation measures this term: the first largely extended Trump\u2019s prior tax cuts, and the second focused on immigration funding. Pushing another package would require yet another contentious, high-pace effort, and the Senate\u2019s procedural and parliamentary constraints-along with the risk of Democratic pressure for defections-make a third bill especially unrealistic with only about a month of legislative time left before the 2026 elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a> Republicans are unlikely to take up a third <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/budget-reconciliation\/\">budget reconciliation<\/a> bill to advance more of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development is sure to be unwelcome news for their counterparts in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"1250\">House<\/a>, who have advocated a third bill.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4599998\/gop-antsy-over-pulte-as-democrats-vow-fisa-revolt\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>GOP grows antsy over Trump intel pick as Democrats vow spy powers revolt<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4599811\/bernie-sanders-2028-president-bid\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bernie Sanders on possible 2028 bid: \u2018I suspect that\u2019s not going to happen\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4599207\/bernie-sanders-calls-out-trump-dictator\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bernie Sanders calls out Trump: \u2018You\u2019re a president, not a dictator\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ambitious push from House Republicans for another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-possible-obstacles-to-a-second-reconciliation-bill\/\" title=\"Four possible obstacles to a second ...\">party-line package<\/a> in Trump\u2019s second term, and before they potentially lose power in the midterm elections, is not considered by senators to be a realistic feat, even as Congress on Tuesday was on the cusp of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4600090\/johnson-immigration-enforcement-bill-gop-caucus\/\">delivering its second<\/a> in the form of $70 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-faces-immigration-test-amid-signs-of-softening-support-for-enforcement-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... faces immigration test amid signs of softening support for enforcement - Washington Examiner\">immigration enforcement funding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re keeping the option open, for sure. But a lot of that\u2019s going to depend again on what the traffic will bear,\u201d Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"178\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cCan they get something out of the House, and can we get 51 for anything in the Senate, or 50 these days, which was kind of evident last week that\u2019s going to be hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other key Senate Republicans were more openly skeptical, all but shooting down the notion from House GOP lawmakers that they could use the filibuster-skirting process to advance their broader federal spending priorities rather than the annual appropriations process that requires Democratic buy-in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/susan-collins\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1302\">Susan Collins<\/a> (R-ME), up for reelection in a battleground race, chastised Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink during a budget hearing on Tuesday over using a third reconciliation for defense-related spending. She said the administration\u2019s funding request \u201cis taking a terrible risk and creates instability when you\u2019re counting on a third reconciliation bill for the bulk of the money rather than doing base funding through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-budget-pulled-from-house-floor-as-gop-turmoil-stokes-fear-of-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"... turmoil sparks fear of government shutdown, defense budget pulled from ... floor.\">federal appropriations bills<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it\u2019s safe to conclude there will not be another reconciliation bill,\u201d chimed in Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"436\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY), the former longtime GOP leader who, at times, has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4587753\/mcconnell-lets-loose-trump-senate-retirement\/\">bucked Trump<\/a> on his way to retirement. \u201cSo, it\u2019s really not an option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI agree with that assessment,\u201d Collins added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), chairman of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, left, confers with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, as they hear President Donald Trump\u2019s funding requests for the Army, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (J. Scott Applewhite\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GOP\u2019s first reconciliation in Trump\u2019s second term, passed last summer, largely focused on permanently extending the president\u2019s tax cuts from his first term. This go-around, the legislation focuses on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/immigration\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"15\">immigration<\/a> funding. But like last year, the latest bill was a grueling process for Republicans that exposed divisions over hot-button political issues, including the administration\u2019s $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d and White House security funding for Trump\u2019s East Wing ballroom construction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to the Senate\u2019s passage of the second bill last week, House Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7043\">Mike Jonson<\/a> (R-LA) previewed a third bill \u201cthat comes out in the coming weeks, and you will see further attention to it paid there.\u201d The House was set to pass the second bill as early as Tuesday and send it to Trump\u2019s desk for his signature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thune\u2019s reservations over quickly uniting Republicans for yet another package ahead of the midterm elections come in the wake of the latest arduous undertaking. Unlike the House\u2019s reconciliation process, the Senate is a more delicate balancing act between a marathon voting session where Democrats try to exploit defections and the chamber\u2019s parliamentarian, who acts as a referee for which policies may be excluded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And with a little more than one month of legislative working days before the 2026 elections, Republicans would have to move at a breakneck pace to craft, debate, and pass a measure that could garner near-total GOP unity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4597401\/how-thune-overcame-trump-roadblock-fund-ice\/\">HOW THUNE OVERCAME A TRUMP-SIZED ROADBLOCK TO FUNDING ICE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe White House has dialed in on this 100%,\u201d Johnson added in his remarks last week, suggesting their proposal will address \u201cfraud, waste, and abuse in government.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re working alongside and in tandem with the White House, the Executive Branch, to make sure we\u2019re tracking down on this,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hailey Bullis contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans unlikely to pass a third Trump budget bill, dashing House hopes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2612532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26139586579249.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38510,81082,15749,34548,81083],"class_list":["post-2612531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fiscal-policy","tag-house-push","tag-reconciliation","tag-senate-gop","tag-third-bill"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26139586579249.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2612531"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612535,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612531\/revisions\/2612535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2612532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2612531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2612531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2612531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}