Thune: ‘I can’t count to 50’ GOP votes on reconciliation 3.0 framework

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday the votes aren’t there in the Senate to advance a House-passed budget resolution that would pave the way for a $95 billion reconciliation bill to fund the war in Iran, farm aid and election-related reforms.

“As I’ve said before you got to get to 50, and I can’t count to 50 right now on a budget resolution,” Thune said when asked about House passage of a budget framework that would provide $73 billion to fund the military and intelligence agencies, $12 billion for farmers and $10 billion for voting law changes.

“We’ll see. We’ll have those conversations with the conference. The priority is funding the government. To me that’s the thing we got to keep our eyes on,” he said.

Thune told reporters earlier in the week that he would “hold” a House-passed budget resolution in the Senate to........

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