Donald Trump last Wednesday pushed the Senate to pass the House bill, but even he will not be able to demand the chamber adhere to the House’s plan if the lower chamber cannot muster the requisite votes for it.
With a Rules Committee vote today and a full vote planned on the floor of the chamber Tuesday, the GOP speaker of the House is aiming to pass the “one big, beautiful bill” representing the framework for the federal budget.
Some senators continue to grumble about the plan’s divergence from the House’s more conservative priorities, though leadership remains prepared to push for the House to adopt the Senate’s legislation if all else fails.
Lindsey Graham, the author of the Senate bill, was more dire in his description of the situation, warning that his bill was the only shot Republicans had at increasing funding for border security this year.
In the Senate, lawmakers are lying in wait with their own version of a budget framework that does not extend the Trump tax cuts or include the $2.5 trillion in spending cuts outlined by the House plan.
