House Republicans Threaten to Sink Johnson's $95 Billion Plan as Defectors Demand Pay-Fors
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Updated · POLITICO · Jul 22
House Republicans Threaten to Sink Johnson's $95 Billion Plan as Defectors Demand Pay-Fors
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jul 22
Summary
A bloc of House Republicans is threatening to vote down Speaker Mike Johnson’s $95 billion budget framework for Iran war funding and farm aid, a serious risk in a chamber where he can lose only two votes.
Thomas Massie and Warren Davidson are already opposed, while Tim Burchett, Kevin Kiley and Tom Barrett remain in play, leaving GOP leaders scrambling for support before the House recess begins Thursday.
More than $1 billion in proposed funding to enforce the SAVE America Act’s citizenship and voter-ID mandates has become a central sticking point, with Johnson and Steve Scalise still unable to spell out how that enforcement would work.
Leaders are also dangling a fourth reconciliation bill to win over holdouts, but many Republicans doubt it will materialize or include the provisions left out of Recon 3.0.
The revolt comes a day after the House cleared a procedural hurdle for the package, which Republicans are trying to pass without Democratic support.