“The House is moving things along quickly, and the Senate is in lockstep,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters Monday, in reference to the Republican budget reconciliation bill that is being ushered through Congress.
The message of unity comes after the Treasury secretary met with the top four Republican congressional leaders in the budget reconciliation process: Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo of Idaho, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith of Missouri.
They were joined by Bessent and National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, who laid out President Donald Trump’s priorities for the budget bill in a meeting dubbed “the Big Six” in the Capitol on Monday.
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