Senate, GOP and budget blueprint
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But a slew of House conservatives have blasted the Senate's version for requiring just $4 billion in spending cuts, which they see as insufficient.
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With a 220-213 majority, Speaker Mike Johnson can lose only three Republicans on a party-line vote if all members are present and voting.
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After about six hours of amendment votes, the Senate approved a budget blueprint Saturday morning by a vote of 51-48.
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Senate GOP leaders took a key step toward advancing President Donald Trump’s multi-trillion-dollar agenda in Congress — simultaneously setting off an intraparty war over how to pay for it.
Anti-spending conservatives in the House are lining up to oppose the Senate’s budget blueprint because it would add too much to the nation’s debt, threatening President Trump’s agenda.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is moving forward with a vote on a budget blueprint laying the groundwork to enact President
At least five House Republicans reportedly will not back the Senate's budget framework, complicating the Trump spending and tax cut proposal's path to becoming law.
Senate Republicans moved ahead of the House to propose a $5 trillion increase to the debt limit and make 2017 federal tax cuts permanent.