Senate Majority Leader John Thune is holding the House budget framework until the Senate advances a government-funding extension, delaying Republicans’ attempt to move part of the SAVE America Act through reconciliation. Thune says he cannot currently count 50 votes for the budget resolution.
Thune puts government funding ahead of Trump’s election bill
Trump urged Thune to take up the House-passed resolution before the August recess; it would also advance funding for the Iran war, but Thune says the votes are not there.