President Donald Trump’s top budget man huddled with House Republicans behind closed doors on Tuesday in a bid to quell a potential conservative mutiny over Speaker Mike Johnson’s latest ploy to pass the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act.Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought pressed House GOP lawmakers to take the initial steps in passing a new $95 billion budget bill that would include funding for Trump’s war with Iran, aid for U.S.farmers, and additional money to states to carry out election integrity measures.Trump has thrown his support behind the measure, but some fiscal hawks have been indicating as recently as Tuesday morning that they were concerned about the lack of budget cuts to offset the new federal spending.TRUMP INTERVENES AS HOUSE GOP REVOLT PUTS SAVE AMERICA ACT AT CENTER OF SPENDING SHOWDOWNBut during their meeting, Vought told House Republicans that spending cuts could be sought via another budget bill to be completed after the current legislation, multiple people told Fox News Digital.Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2026.
(Jason Andrew/Bloomberg via Getty Images)The SAVE America Act has been stalled in the Senate, where at least some Democrats are needed to join the GOP in breaking a filibuster to advance to a final vote.It passed the House in February.The latest House GOP plan would pass the bill via the budget reconciliation process, which would skirt Democrats’ opposition by lowering the Senate’s threshold for advancement to just a simple majority.
Republicans used the maneuver to pass Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill Act and add additional funding for immigration enforcement.HOUSE REPUBLICANS UNLOCK RECONCILIATION PROCESS TO FUND ICE AND BORDER PATROL WITHOUT DEMOCRATSA potential fourth budget bill would seek to cut spending by rooting out waste, fraud, and ab...