House Republicans are bullish about passing another party-line budget bill but have little time left before their end-of-July goal.
They return to DC this week with plans to move quickly on the endeavor, with a GOP leader meeting and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth set to brief the Republican Study Committee on the administration’s request for $350 billion in defense funding in the bill.
Passing another megabill full of the GOP’s unfulfilled priorities would mark a coup for the party ahead of the midterms, but the endeavor risks wasting previous legislative time if Republicans can’t overcome the many hurdles ahead.
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