The U.S. Capitol building on May 18, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The House of Representatives on Tuesday advanced a legislative package including the framework for a third budget reconciliation bill and a short-term funding measure.

The package also wraps in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—a critical defense policy bill—alongside legislation to ban members of Congress and their immediate family from stock market trading.

It passed in a 214–211 vote, a victory for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who had fielded threats of a mutiny against the rule in the hours leading up to the vote.

That mutiny briefly manifested during the Tuesday vote, when a contingent of conservative lawmakers threatened to tank the bill on the House floor by withholding their votes for several minutes.

Several of the holdouts, including Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo), Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), and Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), expressed concern at the lack of offsets in the $95 billion boost detailed in the budget resolution.

The House’s current budget reconciliation framework seeks $95 billion in military funding.

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Many of the holdouts have also long pushed for House leaders to pressure the Senate to pass the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act.

The legislation is highly favored by President Donald Trump, who has marketed the bill as a “common sense” measure to require photo ID to register to vote and ensure that only eligible voters cast ballots.

Critics of the bill say that it would make it harder for Americans on both sides of the political aisle to vote, imposing strict requirements that would require most Americans to have either a U.S. passport or a copy of their birth certificate to vote.

House conservatives have pushed for Johnson to force Senate action on the issue.

Meanwhile, Democrats in the Senate have vowed to oppose the bill, while its prospects with the upper chamber’s Republicans are unclear.

In view of these difficulties, Republicans are also pursuing passage of a grant-style program that would provide rewards for states who pursue programs similar to the SAVE America Act.

The House passage of the rule sets the stage for a vote on the bill’s contents.

The rule contains language that would add the SAVE America Act to the must-pass NDAA, a procedure known as MIRVing.

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