All posts tagged "Budget Bill"

Lawmakers are back on Capitol Hill after a break that saw many of them back home at contentious town hall meetings with unhappy constituents. Now that they've heard what voters have to say, both the House and Senate must grapple with passing President Donald Trump's agenda in the form of a massive spending bill.

CNN's Manu Raju called this next week a "critical period of legislating."

"The House Republicans and Senate Republicans have been laying the groundwork for months for this moment, to actually draft the details of this massive bill that includes a sweeping overhaul of the tax code, more than $1 trillion in spending cuts to federal programs, new provisions for immigration, and billions of dollars for Defense spending and Homeland Security spending, as well," Raju said. ...

Donald Trump took a swipe at Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Truth Social Wednesday as the president promoted the House GOP's singular budget bill that would include both spending reductions and tax cuts.

Graham, who chairs the Senate budget committee, is leading the charge for a competing two-bill plan that "leaves the extension of Mr. Trump's 2017 tax cuts for a later date while quickly increasing funding for border security and defense," CBS News reported. "But House Republicans have argued that passing two pieces of legislation carries a wider margin for error, given the narrow GOP majority in the lower chamber."

According to The Hill, "Trump had largely been non-committal on whether he preferred congressional Republicans passing his agenda in one massive reconciliation bill or splitting it up across two bills," arguing, "the results were what mattered."...