Senate budget hawks left a meeting at the White House more open to voting for a blueprint that unlocks President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) brought members of the Senate Budget Committee to the White House on Wednesday, giving Trump a chance to assure fiscal conservatives, many of whom sit on the panel, that he is serious about deficit reduction.
The Senate will vote on the budget resolution, which clears the way for Trump’s tax, border, and energy priorities, later this week, but several Republican holdouts wanted commitments that the Senate would not stray too far from the $2 trillion in offsets guaranteed in companion House instructions.
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), a Budget Committee member, told reporters that chief of staff Susie
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