Speaker Mike Johnson’s [R-LA] push for another reconciliation package is running into skepticism from Senate Republicans, underscoring a broader divide between GOP leaders in the House and Senate. The Hill's Emily Brooks explains the current disconnect between the two sides. #republicans #gop #house #senate #congress #reconciliation #mikejohnson #johnthune #thehilleditorscall
‘I will not sign the Housing Bill’
‘News to me’
The Republican-led bill has faced backlash from Democrats and divided veteran groups over a key funding mechanism.
Democrats are in position to win the House this fall while the Senate is on track to hold a 50-50 partisan split, according to a new forecast from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) that paints a highly competitive picture of the midterm fight for control of Congress. Just more than 100 days out from the election, DDHQ forecasts Democrats clinching a 226-209 advantage in the House and predicts Republicans will narrowly retain power with Vice President Vance as the tiebreaker vote in a 50-50 Senate. Read More: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5969201-house-republicans-reconciliation-budget-resolution/ #house #senate #congress #election #midterms2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson is in an uncomfortably familiar spot: under pressure from President Trump , under fire from members and under the gun to advance a reconciliation bill in just a few days. Why it matters: Johnson (R-La.) is trying to tee up a final party-line legislative package before the midterms, but Republicans remain divided over the contents of the bill and the strategy behind it. - GOP leaders are assembling a narrow framework that would include roughly $67 billion for defense, $20 billion for agriculture and farm aid, and elements of the SAVE America Act . - The prospect of no offsets for billions of dollars in defense funding is not sitting well with conservatives. "No, I'm not," Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said when…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) returns to a deeply fractured House, facing a GOP hard-liner revolt that has ground the legislative floor to a standstill. Conservative members are blocking procedural votes to force action on border security and the SAVE America Act ahead of critical funding deadlines. #House #Saveact #GOP
The president did not say he would veto the housing legislation, so it would still become law unless he does. But his pronouncement reflects a growing rift between him and Senate Republicans.
Speaker Mike Johnson will face the same problem next week that he faced last week: a bloc of Republicans willing to shut down the House floor over the GOP's signature election bill, the SAVE Act . Why it matters: It's difficult to see how Johnson (R-La.) will overcome the paralysis that has overtaken the House floor — and Republicans across the conference are increasingly frustrated. - Johnson presided over the ninth failed rule vote of his less-than-three-year-long speakership last week, this one tanked by 13 of his members. - Frustration in the conference with a small band of conservatives who keep using procedural rule votes — once a rubber stamp for the majority — as leverage to force action on unrelated priorities extends…
A lack of action on those two fronts alone could be enough to depress conservative turnout in November’s elections.