GOP Punts Funding, Iran War Money to Lame-Duck — SkimNews
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- GOP lawmakers are punting major legislative fights over government funding, money for the Iran war, and the renewal of expanded surveillance authorities until after the November election.
- The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a government funding bill — the first item cleared before the remaining priorities were deferred to lame-duck.
- The deferred workload is described as a bloated lame-duck agenda that lawmakers will struggle to complete by Christmas.
- The three punted priorities — government funding, Iran war money, and expanded surveillance authorities — represent the core unresolved fights compressed into the post-election window.
Why it matters: The punt compresses three major fights — government funding, Iran war money, surveillance powers — into a post-election lame-duck session with a Christmas deadline. Losing incumbents will vote on these items days before leaving office, while survivors face constituent pressure on issues they won't defend at the ballot box. Whoever controls the gavels in December holds maximum leverage on must-pass items.
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