Washington – chairman of the Lindsey Graham Senate Budget Committee published the text of the budget resolution on Friday, which will put the foundations for Republicans in Congress to review the security of borders, enhance defense financing and obtain energy – if two chambers can collect a contract.
The Republican from Southern Carolina announced at the beginning of this week that he would go forward with the first steps in the Senate among the ongoing deadlock at the GOP house regarding trial and politics.
House Republicans gathered in the White House for many hours on Thursday, looking for a way to unite the promises of campaigns that hope to go in one huge package, although Graham’s budget moves forward with a two -pack plan.
Graham decision to jump in front of the house It seemed that he stimulated some motivation in this chamber, although the house had not yet issued a budget resolution or announce a consensus between centrician and far -right members during its conference.
“For those who voted and supported the true security of borders and stronger defense in the restless world, help is on the way,” wrote Graham in a statement. “This budget resolution accelerates the process that President Trump’s team will give money they need to secure the border and deport criminals, as well as make America strong and more independent energy.”
Committee for a meeting next week
The Senate Budget Committee plans to mark 61-page budget resolution on Wednesday and Thursday. Then he will probably go to the Senate floor for a debate and an overall voting session in the marathon, and then go home.
The Chamber and the Senate must agree on the budget resolution before they can officially start the reconciliation process, which allows legislators to adopt regulations in the Senate without having to pass procedural votes that require the support of at least 60 senators. This means that legislation would not require the support of Democrats in the Chamber controlled by Republicans 53–47.
Two chambers taking separate budget resolutions do not meet the requirements, although they could go to the conference to solve their disputes before they re -conducted votes in each chamber in one final budget resolution.
The Senate’s budget resolution would provide agriculture, nutrition and forestry instructions; Armed services; Trade, learning and transport; Energy and natural resources; Environment and public works; Finances; Health, education, labor and retirement; Internal security and government matters; and court committees.
Where the savings in expenses will remain
Agres to agree on do not provide a lot of insight into how each committee will develop its part of the reconciliation package, but the instructions begin to explain how much each committee will have to spend on the account or find savings to aid aid pay the total cost.
For example, the Committee Services Services Committee is to develop its package in a way that does not enhance the deficit by over $ 150 billion so that the committee account probably cost so much.
The Health, Education, Work and Retirement Committee or Help seems to be one of the committees he expects to provide some savings, because his reconciliation instructions require a panel to reduce the deficit by at least $ 1 billion. This committee, led by the Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, has a lot of jurisdiction, including the Department of Health and Social Welfare and his programs such as Medicaid and Medicare.
Committees that will be able to spend money in the reconciliation package include trade, science and transport with a price of $ 20 billion; Environment and public robots with the highest line of $ 1 billion; Internal security and government matters with the level of financing in the amount of $ 175 billion; and a judiciary with an allocation of expenses in the amount of $ 175 billion.
The Agricultural, Nutrition and Forest Committee is accused of finding at least $ 1 billion savings; Energy and natural resources must develop an invoice for saving at least $ 1 billion; And finances are asked to provide another $ 1 billion or more in the cost of cutting costs. Finance, run by Senator Mike Crapo from Idaho, also has jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid Services centers.
These committees must develop and vote for sending their elements of the reconciliation package to the Senate of the budget committee before March 7.
Two -stage approach
Instructions indicate that Graham goes forward with a two -stage approach to reconciliation, which the Republicans of the Senate try, and even many GOP legislators.
Their proposal of two packages – the first focused on the security of borders, policy related to expenditure on defense and energy policy, and the second focusing on taxes – is contrary to the wishes of the speaker Mike Johnson.
Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, wants Congress to convey all changes in GOP policy in one package.
The inability to agree the trial would block any path to change politics, unless GOP leaders were to negotiate with the democrats.
Last updated 13:48, February 7, 2025
