13 Republicans Block House Vote, Stalling $67 Billion Pentagon Request and GOP Agenda
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Updated · POLITICO · Jul 2
13 Republicans Block House Vote, Stalling $67 Billion Pentagon Request and GOP Agenda
1 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jul 2
Summary
Thirteen House Republicans sank a procedural vote Tuesday, leaving the floor effectively frozen and sending lawmakers home early as Speaker Mike Johnson still lacked a path to restart business.
The revolt came from competing GOP demands: some hard-liners wanted the Senate to take up the SAVE America Act, while others pressed Johnson to move a promised border bill.
That paralysis is now threatening a $67 billion emergency Pentagon funding request tied to the Iran war, with key Republicans saying the money is needed immediately but faulting the Trump administration for scant details.
Other major items are piling up as deadlines remain distant or likely to slip, including the defense policy bill, fiscal 2027 spending measures, spy-power renewal and the farm bill.
Republicans also see their party-line reconciliation bill fading fast, underscoring a summer in which internal divisions — more than Democrats — are derailing Trump's legislative agenda.