House Passes $95 Billion Budget Plan With $10 Billion Election Grants as 232-198 Trading Ban Adds Voter ID
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Updated · Democracy Docket · Jul 22
House Passes $95 Billion Budget Plan With $10 Billion Election Grants as 232-198 Trading Ban Adds Voter ID
3 articles · Updated · Democracy Docket · Jul 22
Summary
A 216-214 House vote approved a budget reconciliation framework carrying $10 billion in election grants over 10 years, a vehicle Republicans hope can advance Trump-backed voting restrictions.
The $95 billion package also funds the Iran war and farmer tariff relief, but committees still must write the bill and the Senate can strip nonbudgetary election provisions under reconciliation rules.
A separate 232-198 House vote passed a congressional stock-trading ban after Republicans added a photo-ID voting requirement, drawing Democratic criticism that the measure was a partisan vehicle for ballot restrictions.
Senate prospects remain weak: the parliamentarian already ruled similar SAVE provisions out of bounds, four Republicans opposed the last Senate vote on the proposal, and John Thune has downplayed its path.
Time pressure is rising as Congress heads into summer recess, faces a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline, and must resolve war funding and spending strategy before lawmakers leave again for the Nov. 3 midterms.