Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Senate Republicans will “hold” any budget reconciliation framework that the House passes, treating it as a backup option to help avoid a government shutdown at the end of September. Thune told reporters that the Senate will not immediately take up the budget resolution if one is transmitted from the House, indicating the measure is intended primarily as contingency planning rather than an immediate action item. The approach reflects an effort to preserve legislative leverage while the Senate determines whether additional steps are necessary to avert a shutdown. Thune’s comments also signal that Senate Republicans are coordinating timing around the end-of-September deadline, leaving open the possibility of using reconciliation if negotiations or other legislative pathways fail. Overall, the announcement centers on how the Senate plans to manage short-term budget deadlines by keeping a House-passed reconciliation framework available, without committing to immediate Senate consideration.