House Republican leaders are facing pressure from the clock and from their own members over a $95 billion reconciliation 3.0 framework that they will attempt to advance out of the Budget Committee on Thursday, raising questions about whether the package will make it out of the House, let alone to President Trump’s desk.
The budget framework released Wednesday outlines $73 billion for defense and intelligence funding, $12 billion for agriculture aid, and $10 billion for a fund to encourage Trump-backed voting restrictions.
That is significantly scaled back from the sweeping bill — marrying a big boost in Pentagon funding with “anti-fraud” spending cuts — that GOP members and leaders had originally envisioned. Trump had also originally sought much more for the military in a reconciliation package — $350 billion.
