Donald Trump has derailed Senate Republican budget strategies by supporting competing home options, and GOP leaders are rushing to save their agenda a few weeks before the potential government shutdown.
The president’s shocking intervention came hours after Senate Republicans moved to advance their two-track proposal. Instead, he declared that he wanted “one big beautiful bill” through the House settlement process.
“Unlike the Lindsey Graham version of the extremely important law currently being discussed, the House resolution implements my full American first agenda,” Trump posted to The Society of Truth.
The announcement forces Senate Republicans to rethink their carefully planned vote schedule this week with a slimmer package to cover defense, border security and energy regulations.
Senate majority leader John Tune admitted he was blind, but he told reporters that his side was still a complete steam in voting for a version of the bill on Thursday.
“If the house can produce one big, beautiful bill, we’re ready to work with them and lead it to the finish line,” Thune said. “But I believe the president also likes options.”
Trump’s proposal supports adding 4.5 tonnes to the deficit through tax cuts, demanding massive cuts to the federal benefits program. Under strict rules of the plan, Republicans must either cut $2TN from mandatory programs (which may include Medicare, Medicaid, or food aid) or reduce the proposed tax credit by the same amount. yeah.
Congress cuts the March 14 deadline to pass a bill that would cut its March 14th deadline to pass a law that would avoid enforcing hundreds of thousands of federal employees to become unpaid. Because there is. Republicans control both rooms, but the majority is so thin that they need a democratic vote to pass the funding measure.
The Senate, where Republicans hold 53 seats, requires at least 60 votes to overcome the filibuster. House Speaker Mike Johnson, working with the majority of Slim 218-215, faces similar mathematical problems and internal drama.
Johnson immediately advocated victory over his support of Trump’s House plan, saying House Republicans are “working to deliver President Trump’s full agenda.”
But his proposal faces resistance from Republicans worried about the proposed eligibility cuts — Katt said Trump himself refused on Fox News on Tuesday, saying, “Medicare, Medicaid – that None of these things can be touched.”
“If a bill is placed before me that would hinder the interests my neighbors rely on, I won’t vote for it,” Freshman Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan said in X.
The White House sent Vice President JD Vance to meet Senate Republicans on Wednesday afternoon, trying to smooth out the tensions as both rooms were holding on to how to advance Trump’s agenda. But it is clear that some senators are hard to convince.
“I don’t know if (the House budget) can pass the house or it could pass the Senate,” Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson told reporters.
The house will remain closed until next week, leaving Senate Republicans alone on Capitol Hill to plan their next move.
