{"id":2398907,"date":"2025-02-04T17:42:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T22:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-prepares-to-move-first-on-trump-agenda-blueprint-as-house-stalls-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T17:44:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T22:44:03","slug":"senate-prepares-to-move-first-on-trump-agenda-blueprint-as-house-stalls-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-prepares-to-move-first-on-trump-agenda-blueprint-as-house-stalls-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate prepares to move first on Trump agenda blueprint as House stalls &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-prepares-to-move-first-on-trump-agenda-blueprint-as-house-stalls-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398907&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In recent developments, the Senate is preparing \u2062to advance \u200cPresident Trump&#8217;s \u2063agenda amid struggles within the House of \u2062Representatives, particularly among House Republicans who are \u2062facing an impasse over budget \u200bnegotiations. The House Budget Committee&#8217;s meeting was postponed due to demands\u200b from\u200b the \u2064House Freedom Caucus for important spending cuts,which have complicated efforts \u200bto reach \u2062a consensus\u2062 on\u2062 legislation\u2064 that includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White ... Releases List of President ...\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">tax reform<\/a> and other \u2062priorities such as border \u200bsecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans are considering moving forward with a two-part approach to pass Trump&#8217;s\u200b agenda: focusing first \u2064on border security and later addressing\u2063 tax reform. This \u2063strategy aims to circumvent delays stemming from the House&#8217;s disagreements. Senate \u2063Majority\u2063 Leader\u200b John Thune\u200b indicated \u2062that \u2064time is running out for the House to finalize its \u2064budget; should the House fall further behind, the Senate may proceed independently.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has \u200cexpressed a preference for getting his\u2063 priorities enacted quickly, even \u2062if it means moving away from the &#8220;one, big beautiful \u2062bill&#8221; \u2064concept he\u2064 initially favored. Tensions \u2064remain\u2063 as the Freedom Caucus continues \u2064to push for a border-first strategy,\u200d potentially complicating the\u200d House \u200dGOP&#8217;s plans. The situation is fluid, with\u2064 both chambers needing\u200c to act decisively \u200dto pass legislation in \u200dthe coming weeks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senate prepares to move first on Trump agenda blueprint as House stalls<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1976075\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Senate could soon take the first step toward passing President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s agenda as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Republicans<\/a> struggle to reach a deal on budget cuts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Until now, Senate Republicans have been giving the House leeway to negotiate an all-encompassing bill that deals with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tax reform<\/a> alongside priorities such as the border and energy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, an impasse over how to offset the cost of that legislation has Senate Republicans weighing whether to act unilaterally. The House Budget Committee planned to approve a budget resolution this week, but the meeting was scrapped as members of the Freedom Caucus demanded trillions in spending cuts.<\/p>\n<p>The caucus has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">apparently rejected multiple informal offers<\/a> from House GOP leadership that would serve as a floor in negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>The delays have breathed new life into a Senate plan to pass Trump&rsquo;s agenda in two parts, with the border portion enacted now and tax reform later in the year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the chairman of the Budget Committee, will be briefing his conference on a Senate resolution that combines the border with defense funding on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He told reporters Tuesday that he is willing to advance his resolution if the House falls behind schedule, while Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) indicated that time is running short for House Republicans to get on the same page.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We all have a great interest in getting a budget process moving forward, and we were giving the House some space to act, but we&rsquo;re also prepared to move forward,&rdquo; Thune said.<\/p>\n<p>House tax writers oppose the two-step approach, viewing a single bill as the only way to get all ideological factions on board, given Republicans control the lower chamber by one vote.<\/p>\n<p>However, Senate Republicans see that one-seat majority as an obstacle to getting Trump a legislative victory until much later in the year. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced last month that the House planned to pass its bill before Memorial Day.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Remember, the House is supposed to come out with the budget this week, vote on it next week,&rdquo; said Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), a Senate GOP liaison to the House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think if they fail to meet those deadlines that they set on themselves, I think then the Senate has to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-key-republicans-announce-intentions-to-support-hegseth-nomination-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Two key ... announce intentions to support Hegseth nomination - Washington Examiner\">start moving forward<\/a> at a very serious pace and figuring out what we can get done,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution is the first step in that process, instructing committees on how to allocate spending as Republicans use budget reconciliation to sidestep the Senate filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>Senate GOP leadership has not yet indicated when the chamber could take up its own resolution, but Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), the No. 2 Senate Republican, said senators would attempt to get Trump&rsquo;s blessing on the border-first strategy when they meet Friday night for a dinner at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has up to this point preferred &ldquo;one, big beautiful bill,&rdquo; but he told House Republicans at their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3303974\/house-republicans-lose-their-cool-budget-reconciliation-florida-retreat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">policy retreat<\/a> in Doral, Florida, last week that he doesn&rsquo;t care what plan the GOP goes with so long as it gets his agenda enacted as soon as possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not all House Republicans support the one-bill approach. The Freedom Caucus has urged Johnson to act on the border first, putting Graham in alliance with an ideological bloc that could derail Johnson&rsquo;s plans.<\/p>\n<p>The Freedom Caucus has been in contact with Graham, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/03\/graham-johnson-freedom-caucus-trump-00002318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>, with Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), the caucus&rsquo;s chairman, confirming to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that he&rsquo;s joined House meetings when asked about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-begin-fast-track-process-to-pass-covid-relief-without-gop\/\" title=\"Democrats begin fast-track process to pass COVID relief without ...\">budget reconciliation process<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ramsey Touchberry contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1976075\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1976075\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate poised to advance Trump\u2019s agenda as House delays<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3660,"featured_media":2398908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lindsey-graham-budget-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49819,5894,3740,32891,32076],"class_list":["post-2398907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-house-stalls","tag-politics","tag-senate","tag-trump-agenda","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lindsey-graham-budget-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398907"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398911,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398907\/revisions\/2398911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}