US House Republicans set out $95 billion pre-election spending framework

US House Republicans unveiled a $95 billion spending framework on Wednesday as they try to pass measures on defense, farming aid and voting rules 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. It would also provide $12 billion in aid for farmers hurt by President Donald Trump's trade war and $10 billion for election-related grants.

Republicans are seeking 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 separately passed a different version of the SAVE Act, but it has stalled in the Senate. Some Republicans have warned that it lacks enough support and may not qualify for the fast-track budget process party leaders want to use.

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

The budget resolution released Wednesday is a framework. If adopted by both the House and Senate, it would let Republicans assemble a fuller bill later in the 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. That would leave a narrow window to complete the package before November.

The plan faces resistance from fiscal conservatives in the Republican Party because it does not include cuts elsewhere to offset the new spending. Ohio Congressman Warren Davidson, a Republican fiscal hawk, had warned that the package could not advance without savings to offset its cost. After the framework was released, Davidson posted "DOA" on X, shorthand for "dead on arrival."

The dispute shows the competing pressures on Republicans as they try to point to 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.

South Carolina conservative Nancy Mace criticised the proposal on X as "$95 billion in new deficit spending" with no offsets and no provision to lower the cost of living. She said American families were facing rising costs and warned that the party could face consequences if it did not take those concerns seriously.