WASHINGTON, United States, July 15, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - US House Republicans 
unveiled a $95 billion spending framework Wednesday, launching their final 
major push to pass defense, farm and voting restriction measures before 
midterm elections that could cost them control of Congress.

The plan would provide $73 billion for the military and intelligence 
agencies, including funding tied to the war with Iran, along with $12 billion 
in aid for farmers hurt by President Donald Trump's trade war.

It would also direct $10 billion toward election-related grants, as 
Republicans try to revive parts of Trump's SAVE America Act, a voting 
restrictions bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote 
and photo identification at polling places.

The House has passed a different version of the SAVE Act separately, but it 
has stalled in the Senate, where some Republicans have warned that it lacks 
support and may not qualify for the fast-track budget process party leaders 
hope to use.

That process allows certain tax and spending bills to pass the 100-member 
Senate by a simple majority, avoiding the higher, 60-vote threshold usually 
needed to overcome Democratic opposition.

The budget resolution released Wednesday is only a framework. If adopted by 
the House and Senate, it would allow Republicans to assemble a fuller bill 
later this summer and try to pass it without Democratic votes.

House Republican leaders want to pass the framework next week before 
lawmakers leave Washington for a long summer break, leaving only a narrow 
window to complete the package before November.

But the plan faces resistance from fiscal conservatives inside the party 
because it does not pair the new spending with cuts elsewhere.

Ohio Congressman Warren Davidson, a Republican fiscal hawk, has warned that 
the package could not advance without savings to offset the cost.

After the framework was released, Davidson posted a blunt prediction on X: 
"DOA," shorthand for "dead on arrival."

The fight underscores the competing pressures on Republicans as they try to 
show voters action on national security, agriculture and election security 
while also maintaining their claim to fiscal discipline.

Trump had demanded far more defense spending than the House framework 
provides, but Republican leaders are trying to balance White House pressure 
with concerns from lawmakers wary of adding to the deficit.

"$95 billion in new deficit spending, no offsets, and not one provision to 
lower the cost of living," lamented South Carolina conservative Nancy Mace in 
a post on X.

"American families are feeling the pain of rising costs. Their American dream 
is getting further out of reach," she wrote. "We must take their concerns 
seriously or our party will suffer the consequences."