Senate-Passed Tax Bill Could Help GOP Move Annual Spending Bills

July 1, 2025, 6:23 PM UTC

Senate Republicans’ tax-and-spending bill could help ease tensions among GOP lawmakers at odds with the the White House over defense funding for fiscal 2026.

Senators narrowly passed a sweeping reconciliation package on Tuesday that included $156 billion for the Defense Department and $132.6 billion for the Homeland Security Department. Those hundreds of billions of dollars could bridge a gap between competing demands from Republicans who have yet to decide how much money to ...

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