Trump demands Republicans use budgetary gambit to pass voting reforms

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

July 7, 2026, 6:26 a.m. ET


President Donald Trump is demanding that Republicans combine a series of voting reforms with a defense spending bill his administration is pushing Congress to pass, in a long-shot bid to bring both measures to his desk before lawmakers leave on an extended recess. The House has repeatedly approved versions of the elections bill, known as the SAVE America Act, but the legislation lacks the support it needs to clear the Senate.

Trump has said he will not sign any other legislation until the measure becomes law. Trump said he had a new plan overnight to try to move the election reforms: for congressional leaders to attach it to his administration's request for $350 billion in additional funding for the Pentagon, as part of a mega bill that wraps all of Republicans' election-year priorities into one piece of legislation.

"I am calling on House and Senate Leadership to make this their Number One Priority, and ensure that 350 Billion Dollars in Recon 3.0 moves out of the Budget Committee as soon as Congress is back in session," Trump wrote on social media. "The SAVE AMERICA ACT, which everyone is asking for, paired with the full funding of our Great Department of War, can be passed very quickly, ensuring that the United States of America stays FREE for Generations to come."

The declaration came on the heels of an announcement by House Speaker Mike Johnson that he'd make one last attempt at passing voting restrictions when Republicans return from a holiday break.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/07/trump-republicans-congress-voting-spending-bill/90831034007/

[GiqueCee]

1. "Moses" Johnson...

... is an ass-licking weasel. House members are supposed to represent the people that elected them, not the President who coerces them to get his own way.
I can't wait for the day that we're rid of these scumbags.

[William Seger]

2. But "$350 billion in additional funding for the Pentagon" is something we can well do without!

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Did I read somewhere...

That these shenanigans could trigger another government shutdown, or did I dream it?

Someone straighten me out here, please.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. A shutdown will happen if they don't finish up and pass the FY'27 appropriations bills by Sept. 30

(absent a Continuing Resolution) and stop the insanity of trying to jam a voter suppression bill on some other piece of legislation.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. So, the CR is the trick to pull then. I guess we'll see.

Thanks, BRDS.

❤️

[BumRushDaShow]

8. That's what they usually do

but you may have members on both sides wanting to thwart one to force the chambers to DO THEIR JOBS (especially the House where these bills have to originate) and stop sending members home when one or two loons start showboating.

[littlemissmartypants]

9. Let the games begin. I mean really, have they ever not played games.

I really want to have a functional government. Unfortunately, I don't expect that in my lifetime.

This morning, it dawned on me that trickery has always been SOP by the GOP. I believe it's in their mission statement.

I hope you have a lovely day, BRDS.

❤️🌞

[AZJonnie]

4. So, now the SAVE Act is just innocuous "voting reforms", USA Today?

[Buddyzbuddy]

7. Even without the "Save Act" the funding bill shouldn't be passed.

Republican does NOT equal conservative. No more $$$. Johnson is his useful idiot.

[pat_k]

10. No. It shouldn't. People with souls should be hammering their offices.