Republicans head home for the summer after a string of losses in Congress
GOP legislative priorities could be at odds with voters as midterms come into view and Democrats attempt a resurgence When the chief Republican budget writer took to the floor of the House of Representatives this week to tout a plan to spend tens of billions of dollars on the war with Iran , he avoided using the words “war”, “conflict” or even “Iran”. “Just baseline battlefield readiness” is what Jodey Arrington said the money in the $95bn budget blueprint would be used for. “Bullets and bombs …