Senate GOP leadership released a budget blueprint Wednesday afternoon to promote President Donald Trump’s first-year legislative priorities.
Budget resolution It includes amendments that increase statutory debt restrictions by $5 trillion and allow for a permanent extension of the 2017 tax cut expiration provision. The announcement of the resolution comes as Senate Republicans pass budget blueprints and are trying to move forward in the budget settlement process before leaving Washington for an Easter break that begins on April 11th. (Related: Senate DEM attacks the GOP budget and attacks for something that his own party says will not happen)
Congressional Republicans are trying to enact the president’s legislative agenda through a process known as budget settlements that allow Senate Republicans to bypass filibusters by simple majority votes and bypass advancement laws. The passage of budgetary resolutions by both chambers unlocks large tax and expenditure bills covering many of the president’s legislative priorities, including border security funds, defense spending and changes to federal energy policy.
Senate majority leader John Tune praised the release of Wednesday’s budget resolution, tweeting that the home and Senate Republicans are united in writing upcoming budget bills that will advance Trump’s agenda.
It’s time for the Senate to move forward with this budget resolution and move the Republican Republican agenda further in Congress. pic.twitter.com/ahd3p66hjg
– Leader John Tune (@leaderjohntune) April 2, 2025
The budget resolution will provide, among other things, the House and Senate Committees with different deficits and spending targets that need to be settled to pass the cleaning tax and spending bill later this year.
The Senate GOP leadership argues that the low setting of spending reduction beds gives maximum flexibility in the upper chamber and ensures compliance with the budget adjustment process. The resolution directs the Senate committee to cut a minimum of $3 billion in federal spending, while giving instructions from the House committee to cut spending by at least $1.5 trillion.
“It’s true that the instructions we give to another committee are responsible for finding those savings — may look a little different,” Thune said Monday on the Senate floor. “But that’s not because they don’t have a common commitment to reducing wasted government spending and saving taxpayers’ dollars. It’s simply a function of the Senate rules.”
“But that’s not because they don’t have a common commitment to reducing wasted government spending and saving taxpayers’ dollars. It’s simply a function of the Senate rules,” Thune continued. “And we need to be careful not to overlook the marks on this and provide flexibility when graphing bi-headed courses.”
The Senate budget resolution could face uncertain acceptance among House conservatives advocating for deep spending cuts. Some House GOP Finance Hawks have also criticised the accounting approach that Senate Republicans used to provide permanent tax relief to Americans, claiming that the current use of political baselines in budget resolutions blurs the impact of the deficit of permanent tax reduction extensions.
The Senate voted Wednesday to unlock the marathon process known as “Voting Lamas,” where senators can propose an unlimited number of budget-related modifications. Unique rules in the settlement process allow Senate Democrats to delay passing budgetary resolutions until they lose the steam vote for the amendment.
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