But it was not clear how easily the blueprint or spending package could pass the House or the Republican-led U.S. Senate, which both have narrow majorities that could be vulnerable in November's midterm elections.
"We're working through it with members … to build consensus," House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters at a press conference.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune downplayed expectations. "We'll see if they can ... get it across the floor of the House," Thune said. "It's an option. But it's not, certainly, the only option."
Moderates in the House and Senate said they favor handling defense and other spending measures in a bipartisan manner.
Trump endorsement and funding details
It was also not clear how strongly President Donald Trump would endorse the measure, despite House Republican leadership meetings at the White House and Pentagon this week.
The resolution, unveiled a day after Senate Democrats blocked a $1.15 trillion annual defense policy bill, falls well short of the $350 billion in additional defense spending Trump has demanded. The House blueprint calls for only $60 billion for defense and $13 billion for intelligence.
Details of how the money would be used were not spelled out. But Republican leaders have talked about funding the Iran war, replenishing U.S. military weapons stockpiles depleted by the Middle East conflict and boosting military readiness.
Trump has also called for billions of dollars to help U.S. farmers facing higher fuel and fertilizer costs from the war.
SAVE America Act provisions face resistance
House Republican leaders hope to use reconciliation to pass portions of the SAVE America Act, a package of election restrictions Democrats strongly oppose. The Republican strategy is to offer states grant money as an incentive to adopt its measures.
Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina said voter ID provisions would make a reconciliation bill harder to pass. "You want to talk to me about a reconciliation that has the SAVE Act in it? Waste of time," Tillis said.
House panel unveils $95 billion spending blueprint
A Republican-controlled committee in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a $95 billion blueprint for a new spending package that would include $73 billion in new funds for defense and intelligence operations over the next 10 years.
The 47-page budget resolution, which the House Budget Committee will consider on Thursday, would also authorize decade-long expenditures of $10 billion to incentivize states to implement portions of Trump's SAVE America Act and $12 billion for agriculture.
House Republican leaders hope to pass the budget resolution next week and move quickly to enact the spending plan through budget reconciliation to circumvent opposition from Senate Democrats.
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