{"id":2618303,"date":"2026-06-24T05:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clock-ticks-as-house-tries-to-push-through-third-party-line-budget-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:46:54","slug":"clock-ticks-as-house-tries-to-push-through-third-party-line-budget-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clock-ticks-as-house-tries-to-push-through-third-party-line-budget-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Clock ticks as House tries to push through third party-line budget 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\">24<\/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%2Fclock-ticks-as-house-tries-to-push-through-third-party-line-budget-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=2618303&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>House Speaker Mike Johnson from Louisiana is planning to meet with House Budget Committee Republicans to discuss advancing a third <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-save-america-act-his-no-1-priority\/\" title=\"Trump calls SAVE America Act his ...No. 1\u2019 priority\">party-line spending bill<\/a> amid tight legislative timelines<\/a>.With only seven days before the House&#8217;s July recess and eight days after returning, efforts are underway to finalize this budget proposal. House Republicans aim to prepare a framework for the third reconciliation bill before July 2, despite skepticism from Senate Republicans, notably Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has indicated no further reconciliation bills are expected.<\/p>\n<p>Some House Republicans, like Mike Flood and Ben Cline, remain optimistic about passing the bill, emphasizing priorities such as funding the military, addressing fraud, and setting fiscal duty. A key debate involves whether to include parts of the GOP\u2019s voter ID legislation, the SAVE America Act, which has stalled in the Senate, possibly attaching it via the House Management\u2019s Voter ID Act to bypass senate filibuster rules. House Republicans aim to incorporate aspects of this legislation to garner support and facilitate passage. negotiations continue on the contents of the bill, potential offsets through cuts to social programs, and the strategic inclusion of voter ID measures to advance their legislative priorities before the upcoming recess.  <\/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\/tag\/house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11272\">House<\/a> Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7043\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) is set to meet with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-budget-committee\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3209\">House Budget Committee<\/a> Republicans Wednesday, an important meeting that comes as Republicans race against the clock to advance a third party-line spending bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans only have seven working days left before the House leaves for a weeklong recess for the 4th of July. Upon the House\u2019s return on July 13, Republicans will only have eight days before Congress\u2019s scheduled monthlong August recess.<\/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\/4621655\/tucker-carlson-of-course-not-running-president-2028\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Tucker Carlson says \u2018of course\u2019 he\u2019s not planning to run for president<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4621496\/matt-gaetz-florida-gulf-coast-board\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Matt Gaetz announces he\u2019s returning to public service<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4621389\/democratic-socialists-emboldened-across-country-election-wins\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democratic socialists feel \u2019emboldened\u2019 across the country from election wins: Guy Benson<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we\u2019re getting closer to a final decision,\u201d House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) told reporters. \u201cAnd then we got to mark this, we got to mark it up.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\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>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arrington said he hopes to have a framework for the GOP\u2019s third reconciliation bill out before the House leaves on July 2, an ambitious timeline as Republicans face a dwindling legislative calendar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we could, because these guys don\u2019t remember; this is not the big, beautiful bill,\u201d Arrington said, referring to GOP concerns that putting together a third reconciliation package would take too much time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Republicans have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4600772\/senate-gop-house-third-reconciliation-bill-really-not-option\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4600772\/senate-gop-house-third-reconciliation-bill-really-not-option\/\">been cool towards<\/a> talk of a third <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasury-says-u-s-will-hit-the-debt-limit-as-early-as-june-1st\/\" title=\"Treasury says U.S. will hit the debt limit ...as early as June 1st\u2019\">party-line measure<\/a>, with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) saying earlier this month, \u201cit\u2019s safe to conclude there will not be another reconciliation bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\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<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But House Republicans have pushed on with efforts to assemble a third budget bill despite the Senate GOP\u2019s skepticism. Republican Main Street Caucus Chairman Mike Flood (R-NE) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that he is hopeful that Republicans can get the budget bill completed, but said he doesn\u2019t like the comments that he has heard out of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need to do a couple of things, one of which, and most importantly, is to fund our military and replenish our munitions,\u201d Flood said. \u201cI\u2019d love to work on some of the fraud issues that are present, but I think there\u2019s a will in the House. I\u2019d like to see more enthusiasm in the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the debate House Republicans are having is what spending would need to be cut in order to offset spending for a third reconciliation package, with Arrington saying \u201ceverything\u2019s on the table right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\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<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans have claimed that cracking down on alleged fraud in Medicaid, Medicare, and other social programs could give them the offsets needed for a third budget bill. However, Arrington conceded that cutting more spending for certain welfare programs could divide Republicans ahead of the November elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not an exercise in what the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-pushes-back-on-relief-bill-counter-offer-from-10-gop-senators\/\" title=\"Schumer Pushes Back On Relief ... Counter-Offer From 10 GOP Senators\">budget committee<\/a> wants or what the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-return-to-full-employment-next-year-if-congress-passes-1-9-trillion-relief-bill-yellen\/\" title=\"US to Return to Full Employment Next Year if Congress Passes .9 Trillion Relief ...: Yellen\">budget chairman<\/a> wants,\u201d Arrington said. \u201cEverybody has to feel good about it, and, and that, that includes members that have different political sensitivities than I do in my Ruby Red West Texas district, and that\u2019s a reality I embrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Budget member Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) told the Washington Examiner that he is \u201cexcited about the possibilities\u201d of pursuing a third reconciliation bill, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s my hope that we can find a path to a third reconciliation bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so much that has to be undone from the wreckage of the last administration, the damage that was done to working families during the Biden administration, being able to set our spending on a course to fiscal responsibility, while making sure that Americans keep more of their hard-earned money in their pockets, instead of handing it over to a ineffective bureaucracy that that hinders more than it helps,\u201d Cline said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\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-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another major crossroad Republicans will have to face is whether or not to include parts of the GOP\u2019s voter ID immigration bill that has stalled in the Senate, as it has been unable to overcome the 60-vote filibuster. Known as the SAVE America Act, the legislation has been a sore point between the House and the Senate, with several House members pledging to vote against any legislation sent over by the Senate until the upper chamber passes the bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One potential avenue for Republicans to attach voter ID to a third proposed party-line spending bill, is the House Administration Committee\u2019s Voter ID Act, introduced by Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) last week. The legislation would require voters to show a photo ID when casting a ballot in a federal election and create a new grant program for states that provide IDs at no cost to those who cannot afford one.<\/p>\n<p>Including the measure in a third reconciliation bill would allow Republicans to sidestep the filibuster. It\u2019s unclear whether the language would pass the Byrd requirement \u2014 which governs policies allowed in reconciliation bills \u2014 in the Senate in its current form. But the inclusion of the grant program would create a budgetary impact, one of the measures by which reconciliation is governed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we should do as much of the Save America Act as we can,\u201d Arrington told the Washington Examiner, saying that Republicans would need to use incentive grant monies to make it Byrd-compliant. \u201cLook, it\u2019s not as powerful of a policy tool to do it the way we would need to do it for it to pass muster on budget reconciliation, but I think it\u2019s a good start.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\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-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4460164\/trump-endorsement-tracker-gop-2026-election-primaries\/\">TRUMP ENDORSEMENT TRACKER: HERE\u2019S WHO THE PRESIDENT HAS PICKED IN GOP MIDTERM ELECTION PRIMARIES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arrington said that the House Administration\u2019s legislation would be the framework that Republicans would have to include a voter ID requirement for it to \u201cpass muster,\u201d noting it would still have to be reviewed by the Senate parliamentarian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By including aspects of the SAVE America Act, Arrington said he believes it will \u201chelp us get the consensus needed to pass it out of the House, and I would think it\u2019d be even more popular in the Senate, because they\u2019re having a tough time with making the call on whether they should do a standing filibuster or do away with the filibuster, put it on the floor just for a vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arrington continued, \u201cI mean, so having it already in the House coming over, maybe it provides a little bit of a release valve for the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnson to meet GOP on budget bill before recess<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2618304,"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\/2025\/12\/AP25155612067771.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4463,5045,32304,4762,5894],"class_list":["post-2618303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-budget","tag-government","tag-house-of-representatives","tag-legislation","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25155612067771.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618303","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\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2618303"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2618307,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618303\/revisions\/2618307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2618304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2618303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2618303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2618303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}