House Republicans released a $95 billion budget framework on July 15 that would begin a new reconciliation process centered on defense, agriculture and election administration.

The outline directs committees to develop legislation allowing up to $60 billion in added deficits for the Armed Services Committee, $13 billion for intelligence, $12 billion for agriculture and $10 billion for House Administration. The largest share is intended for costs connected to the U.S.-led war with Iran, including rebuilding military stockpiles and supporting classified programs. The election portion is meant to pursue citizenship-document requirements for voter registration.

This is a framework, not an enacted spending law. The House Budget Committee is scheduled to consider it Thursday, after which the House and Senate would need to adopt the same resolution before committees could write the detailed legislation. Those later bills would face additional votes, and the narrow Republican majorities make the outcome uncertain.

The package currently contains no offsets for the proposed spending. That will keep the deficit impact, the use of reconciliation for election policy, and congressional authority over war funding at the center of the debate.

Source: Associated Press ↗

Source: U.S. House Budget Committee ↗