Republicans hold unified control of Congress and the White House in 2026, enabling use of the budget reconciliation process to advance fiscal legislation with a simple Senate majority rather than the 60-vote cloture threshold. Two prior packages cleared earlier in the Congress—one focused on tax policy and another providing mandatory funding for immigration enforcement agencies through fiscal 2029. Senate leadership has delayed action on a fiscal 2027 budget resolution needed to authorize a third package, prioritizing passage of a short-term continuing resolution through December instead. Internal Republican divisions over defense increases, offsets, and policy riders, combined with midterm election pressures, have slowed momentum for another bill before November.