House Republicans unveiled a long-awaited budget resolution Wednesday that would kick-start a reconciliation process to slash federal spending, extend expiring tax cuts, raise the nation’s borrowing limit and pump up border security and military funding.
But lawmakers made clear that the resolution will likely undergo rewrites at a Budget Committee markup Thursday as Republicans continue to struggle to reach consensus on a sweeping filibuster-proof package that would enact much of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.
“There’s still angst that we can actually get there,” said Utah Rep. Blake D. Moore, a Budget Committee member and vice chair of the GOP conference. “This is hard. When you see how disingenuous Democrats are in this moment . . . they start attacking members for stuff that hasn’t even been proposed yet.”
