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…