{"id":2420208,"date":"2025-04-05T07:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T11:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-agenda-blueprint-heads-to-the-house-after-senate-vote-a-rama-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T07:28:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T11:28:17","slug":"trump-agenda-blueprint-heads-to-the-house-after-senate-vote-a-rama-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-agenda-blueprint-heads-to-the-house-after-senate-vote-a-rama-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump agenda blueprint heads to the House after Senate \u2018vote-a-rama\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Ftrump-agenda-blueprint-heads-to-the-house-after-senate-vote-a-rama-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=2420208&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>The Senate has made significant progress towards advancing President Donald Trump&#8217;s legislative agenda by approving a blueprint that addresses key priorities in taxation, border security, and defense. The vote, which took place after a lengthy &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-approve-budget-resolution-all-republicans-vote-no\/\" title=\"... Democrats Approve Budget Resolution, All ... ... No\">vote-a-rama<\/a>&#8221; session filled wiht Democratic amendments challenging Trump&#8217;s policies, saw nearly unanimous support from Republicans, with only two dissenting votes. The approval allows committees to begin drafting actual legislative text. <\/p>\n<p>Notable rejected amendments included those aimed at blocking certain Pentagon dialog practices and preventing tax breaks for the wealthy, indicating a partisan divide over fiscal policies. Additionally, concerns were raised by some Republicans regarding unspecified spending cuts tied to the budget plan, which features a proposed $5 trillion increase in the federal debt ceiling. <\/p>\n<p>The House is now tasked with evaluating the Senate&#8217;s blueprint, with ongoing debates about the adequacy of spending cuts highlighted by fiscal conservatives.Speaker mike Johnson hopes to secure approval before the Easter recess, but can only afford a minimal number of dissenting votes from Republicans.  <\/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 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href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3370029\/trump-agenda-blueprint-clears-senate-hurdle\/\">tax, border, and defense priorities<\/a> to the House.<\/p>\n<p>All but two Republicans voted to adopt the blueprint, which allows committees to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">begin drafting legislative text<\/a>, but not before the Democrats waged an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3323999\/what-is-vote-a-rama-washington-marathon-loathed-senators\/\">hourslong voting marathon<\/a> that kept the Senate in session late into the night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3371208\/democrats-trump-tariffs-senate-vote-a-rama\/\">Democrats to go on offense against Trump&#8217;s tariffs in Senate &#8216;vote-a-rama&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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controversy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans also defeated several amendments preventing tax breaks for the wealthy, part of a Democratic strategy to paint the GOP as too cozy with billionaires.<\/p>\n<p>Other rejected amendments, all of which were nonbinding, focused on Trump&rsquo;s possible shuttering of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, his temporary pause on Ukraine aid, and a raft of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3369165\/trump-in-florida-world-economy-on-fire\/\">market-rattling tariffs<\/a> he unveiled on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Two Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Rand Paul (R-KY), opposed the larger blueprint when the Senate took a final vote after 2 a.m. on Saturday, underscoring the difficult road ahead for GOP leaders if they want to unite their party behind the legislation, to be completed sometime during the late spring or summer.<\/p>\n<p>The budget plan, which includes a $5 trillion increase in the federal debt ceiling, leaves the House and Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3367726\/senate-gop-releases-trump-agenda-blueprint-spending-fight\/\">on different pages<\/a> when it comes to spending offsets. The House instructions would require $2 trillion in cuts, while the Senate only treats that figure as an aspirational goal.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) supported the blueprint based on assurances the White House was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3368104\/trump-reassures-deficit-skittish-republicans-white-house-meeting\/\">committed to deficit reduction<\/a>. In a speech before the &ldquo;vote-a-rama,&rdquo; he cautioned against Republicans&rsquo; use of a novel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3366654\/senate-weighs-sidestepping-parliamentarian-budget-reconciliation\/\">scoring method<\/a> that treats trillions in tax cuts as cost-free.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It establishes a dangerous precedent. It might be within the rules to do so, but it doesn&rsquo;t mean that it is wise to do so,&rdquo; Cassidy said from the Senate floor. &ldquo;And to be a conservative is to know that sometimes you don&rsquo;t open Pandora&rsquo;s box, even if you can.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans, among them Collins, have reservations about the cuts to Medicaid implicit in the House&rsquo;s budget instructions. Collins and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) voted for a Democratic amendment preventing a reduction in benefits, while Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined them in nearly striking out those instructions altogether.<\/p>\n<p>The conference on Friday night largely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1191\/vote_119_1_00170.htm\">supported<\/a> a separate GOP amendment &ldquo;strengthening and improving Medicaid for the most vulnerable populations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At another point, the Senate rejected language from Paul that would have mostly removed the blueprint&rsquo;s debt ceiling hike.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3323999\/what-is-vote-a-rama-washington-marathon-loathed-senators\/\"><strong>WHAT IS A &lsquo;VOTE-A-RAMA,&rsquo; THE WASHINGTON MARATHON LOATHED BY SENATORS?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the House, fiscal hawks have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3366246\/house-republicans-scoff-senate-unserious-spending-cuts\/\">expressed concern<\/a> over the blueprint given the Senate&rsquo;s ambiguity on spending cuts, leaving its adoption next week an open question. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) wants the resolution approved before lawmakers depart for the Easter recess, but he can only afford to lose three Republicans on any party-line vote.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the House floor is shut down over an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3370462\/mike-johnson-claims-trump-support-anna-paulina-luna-proxy-vote-standoff\/\">unrelated fight over proxy voting<\/a>.<\/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_2083555\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2083555\"}});<\/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 passes Trump agenda blueprint, now goes to House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2420209,"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\/04\/thune-senate-vote-a-rama-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3815,3653,3740,3634,50690],"class_list":["post-2420208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-agenda","tag-house","tag-senate","tag-trump","tag-vote-a-rama"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thune-senate-vote-a-rama-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420208","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\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420208"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420212,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420208\/revisions\/2420212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}