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Senate GOP balks at Trump demand to boost defense funding in third reconciliation bill

Senate Republicans say they are in no mood to back President Trumpโ€™s demand that Congress use the budget reconciliation process a third time to provide another $350 billion to the Pentagon. The GOP senators, who just slogged through an overnight 18-hour series of votes last week

Senate GOP balks at Trump demand to boost defense funding in third reconciliation bill
The Hill โ€” 12 June 2026
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Senate Republicans say they are in no mood to back President Trumpโ€™s demand that Congress use the budget reconciliation process a third time to provide another $350 billion to the Pentagon. The GOP senators, who just slogged through an overnight 18-hour series of votes last week to pass a $70 billion package funding immigration enforcementโ€ฆ

This report comes from The Hill. The story centres on Senate GOP balks at Trump demand to boost defense funding in third reconciliation bill. Full coverage and background context is available at the original source. Readers seeking more detail on this developing topic are encouraged to follow updates from The Hill and related outlets covering this beat.

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