Today’s notice: Threading the reconciliation needle. Fossil fuel producers vs. the trade war. An update on the Resistance.
Fussbudgets
The Senate adopted an amended version of the House’s budget framework over the weekend, moving the reconciliation process forward. But before Republicans in both chambers can get to the fun part — crafting President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” — they still have to work out a number of differences in their budgets.
The House is trying to make changes and send the budget right back to the Senate this week. But the Senate might have further changes after that, and the whole process could take a lot longer than Republicans think.
Essentially, the two chambers look like they might be playing legislative pingpong for a while.