Congressional Republicans have navigated a barely existent House majority, intrachamber political jockeying and President Donald Trump’s whims to clear the first challenge of reconciliation: adopting a budget.
Now they’re staring down a new challenge: the calendar.
Republicans have teed up a behemoth agenda between now and their Fourth of July recess. There’s the rescissions package to enshrine DOGE’s cuts into law. There’s next year’s spending bills that Republicans are already falling behind on. And, most crucial of all, there’s the massive reconciliation bill.