House Republican leaders are pushing to advance a wide-ranging budget reconciliation package covering defence and election integrity priorities, but they face resistance from within their own party. Senator Thom Tillis has threatened to block the effort over its inclusion of the SAVE America Act, while other Republican lawmakers in both chambers have voiced scepticism about the process, complicating the GOP's ability to move the legislation forward.

Key concerns among sceptical Republicans include the package's lack of clear spending offsets, adding to broader unease about how the bill is being assembled. The dispute comes as President Trump has been urging Congress to pass the SAVE America Act as part of a wider push on election integrity, following his declassification of intelligence he says shows "shocking vulnerabilities" in the US election system.