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House advances defense, Iran war budget, voting restrictions package

7/23/2026

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The House will vote Wednesday on a package that merges the defense policy bill, a $95 billion war-in-Iran budget, and voting-restriction provisions, then sends it to the Senate.
Republicans have linked the measures to the SAVE America Act, the election-reform bill President Donald Trump calls his top priority.
Speaker Mike Johnson is using the maneuver to appease President Donald Trump and House Republicans after the voting-restriction bill stalled in the Senate.

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The House will vote Wednesday on a package that merges the defense policy bill, a $95 billion war-in-Iran budget, and voting-restriction provisions, then sends it to the Senate.
Republicans have linked the measures to the SAVE America Act, the election-reform bill President Donald Trump calls his top priority.
Speaker Mike Johnson is using the maneuver to appease President Donald Trump and House Republicans after the voting-restriction bill stalled in the Senate.