House lawmakers return to Washington this week, where the primary question will be whether Budget Committee Republicans can come to an agreement to mark up a budget resolution that gets the ball rolling on the budget reconciliation process needed to advance President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.
Given the pace of Congress, it could be hard for them to keep up with the speed of President Donald Trump’s executive agenda — which in the last several days has included sweeping new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, and a potential effort to restructure the U.S. Agency for International Development.
“USAID, run by radical lunatics, and we’re getting them out, and then we’ll make a decision,” Trump told reporters Sunday.