Senate Republicans are staring down a major fight to overhaul the House’s budget resolution as lawmakers eye big changes.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), with the help of President Trump’s muscle, was able to get the House’s plan to enact Trump’s sweeping legislative agenda past a key hurdle Tuesday.
Now, the effort to advance Trump’s priorities enters a new stage with both sides attempting something they’ve been unable to do since late last year: Get on the same page.
“It’s complicated. It’s hard. Nothing about this is going to be easy,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said. “There are some things that we need to work with the House package to expand upon.”
Republicans are aiming to pass large swaths of Trump’s agenda using a process called budget reconciliation, which bypasses the Senate filibuster. A budget resolution unlocks that process and sets parameters lawmakers must follow when they craft a final bill.
Earlier this month, the Senate, fed up with the House’s lack of action on its plan to advance Trump’s single “big, beautiful bill,” moved its own budget resolution for the first part of a two-pronged approach.
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