Senate Republicans officially were back to the drawing board after the Senate parliamentarian concluded that security spending related to the proposed White House ballroom did not past muster under budget reconciliation rules.

Report: Tillis Opposes GOP Reconciliation Bill

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is urging his Senate Republican colleagues to delay action on a budget reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029, in part because he said a proposal to spend $1 billion on the White House ballroom is “a major policy problem.

Conservatives are calling on the House to pass a third GOP-only bill through the special reconciliation process to boost Pentagon funding and address alleged fraud in federal programs by the August recess — an extremely aggressive timeline that is sure to face headwinds in the slim majority.

The Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) Committees released draft reconciliation legislation for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 late last night. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the bill would add $72 billion to the deficit over the next decade – or about $94 billion with interest.

The Senate’s top rule keeper struck down key provisions in a Republican-led $72 billion immigration enforcement package Thursday, ruling that they violated budget rules. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth

House Republicans have begun amping up talks of a third reconciliation bill to tackle fraud and affordability, before the second one has even crossed the finish line. House GOP leadership met with committee leaders on Tuesday to discuss priorities for a third party-line reconciliation bill,