Overview
- President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans on Friday to adopt the House‑passed $95 billion budget resolution before the Senate leaves for its August recess on Aug. 7.
- The House blueprint directs roughly $73 billion for defense, $12 billion for farm assistance and about $10 billion in incentives tied to parts of the SAVE America voter‑ID plan.
- Senate GOP leaders including Majority Leader John Thune say they likely do not have the 50 votes needed to move the resolution, and some senators have pushed back on a third unpaid‑for reconciliation bill.
- Senate rules and the nonpartisan parliamentarian, especially the Byrd Rule that limits non‑budget policy in reconciliation, make it unlikely many SAVE Act mandates could survive a reconciliation package.
- If the Senate does not act before the August recess the reconciliation effort will probably pause until September and face competing deadlines for government funding, the defense bill and farm and surveillance reauthorizations.