If the blueprint passes the House, Congress will be able to move forward on President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.
While Republicans broadly agree on policies, such as tax cuts, immigration enforcement, and military spending, they disagree on how much government spending to cut.
Holdouts, mainly from the freedom caucus, are pushing for $2 trillion in spending cuts, considerably more than the $4 billion in cuts the Senate bill requires.
“I can’t support House passage of the Senate changes to our budget resolution until I see the actual spending and deficit reduction plans to enact President Trump’s America First agenda,” Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) said.
The House seems to want to make more aggressive cuts than the Senate in the next budget bill. The Senate leadership
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