Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is winnowing down the number of Republicans not yet sold on a blueprint to unlock President Donald Trump’s agenda, with a Wednesday meeting at the White House winning over several budget hawks but other senators still undecided.
Fiscal conservatives who were previously noncommital on the blueprint, which authorizes spending levels for Trump’s tax, border, and energy priorities, told reporters they would vote “yes” on a test vote that could come as soon as Thursday.
Their reluctance centered on the level of deficit reduction written into the Senate’s budget text, which aspirationally seeks to cut $2 trillion across 10 years but offers no firm commitments. At the meeting, Trump assured those skeptics he would take deficit reduction seriously, a message he
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