The next steps in imposing Trump’s tax and border plans could prove a little tougher.
The Budget Committee is expected this week to mark up a resolution that would guide the complex process Republicans want to use for party-line legislation.
But budget hardliners are now looking for deeper spending cuts than what was circulated during last week’s GOP retreat, a Republican lawmaker told Semafor. Those initial suggestions were to slash more than $300 billion to pay for border security and tax cuts (though that’s not the entire cost of a plan likely to run into the trillions).
The House is also planning further action to overturn Biden-era moves using the Congressional Review Act, and it aims to cap the week off with a vote on addressing the flow of fentanyl into the US.