# Thune: Senate GOP will ‘hold’ budget reconciliation bill as backup plan to avoid shutdown

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/thune-senate-gop-will-hold-budget-reconciliation-bill-as-backup-plan-to-avoid-shutdown/
- Published: 2026-07-21T19:46:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-29T02:01:45+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hill (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5981597-senate-republicans-hold-house-budget-resolution/
- Topics: Business, Government, Markets, Politics

## Key points

- Republicans are preserving a filibuster-proof shutdown contingency.
- Bipartisan talks continue on temporary government funding.
- The current funding deadline is at September’s end.

## Summary

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Republicans would keep any House-approved budget reconciliation framework available as a contingency for funding the federal government and avoiding a shutdown at the end of September. The approach could allow a funding measure to pass the Senate by simple majority, bypassing a Democratic filibuster if bipartisan negotiations fail.

Thune said talks across party lines on a continuing resolution extending beyond the November election had been productive, though Senate leaders may not know until September whether the fallback is needed. House Republicans have proposed funding the government until 4 December, while Republicans fear Democrats could block a short-term bill; a previous dispute over health-insurance subsidies contributed to a record 43-day shutdown. The Senate also passed a $70 billion reconciliation package in June for ICE and Border Patrol funding through 2029.

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