On Saturday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) urged the House to pass a Senate budget plan to lay the groundwork for President Donald Trump’s domestic priorities, despite objections from members of his caucus who protest its lack of enforceable spending cuts.
In a letter to colleagues, Johnson and other House GOP leaders said the lower chamber will consider the Senate blueprint for reconciliation, insisting that voting on the resolution is a key step toward devising a bill in the weeks ahead.
“Adopting the Senate’s amendment to the House resolution will allow us to finally begin the most important phase of this process: drafting the reconciliation bill that will deliver on President Trump’s agenda and our promises to the American people,” they said, stressing later that it makes “NO CHANGES” to the reconciliation instructions previously approved by the House.
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