House Republicans Huddle With Hegseth After Trump's Reconciliation Demands

House Republicans met at the Pentagon with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to discuss funding for a third reconciliation package, focusing on a roughly $350 billion Pentagon infusion to replenish current conflict resources, modernize the military, and future readiness, offset by anti-fraud savings; leaders noted reconciliation could codify anti-fraud efforts to offset military spending, though Senate Republicans question whether they can pass it under budget rules. Other Capitol developmentsand Rick Scott lifted holds on Coast Guard promotions as a dispute with a Florida shipbuilder is resolved; the Senate Armed Services Committee approved renaming the Defense Department the Department of War; FISA Section 702 faces a lapse after a doomed three-week extension vote; Hawley pressed for assurances that Blanche would settle lawsuits over mifepristone, affecting his support for the attorney general nominee; and Democrats debated priorities for H.R. 1, weighing voting rights, anti-corruption measures, affordability, and other policy goals as they plan their preferred agenda if they gain the majority. These items illustrate Trump’s push for Recon 3.0, ongoing surveillance and abortion-pill litigation questions, and debates over AI strategy and regulatory preemption.
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