U.S. Senators voted Thursday evening to begin debate on the chamber’s amendment to the House budget resolution, bringing Republicans one step closer to fulfilling President Donald Trump’s tax, border, energy, and defense agenda.
The 52 to 48 procedural vote Thursday night on the Senate’s concurrent resolution showed stark partisan divide, with Democrats blasting the bill as fiscally irresponsible and Republican leaders calling it a win for taxpayers.
Unlike the House’s original budget resolution, which had priced a 10-year extension of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts at $3.8 trillion, the Senate’s budget framework assumes the extension will cost nothing, as The Center Square reported.
The Senate will hold debate over the bill throughout Friday and potentially into Saturday as lawmakers will introduce amendments before voting on final passage. If passed, the House will take up the concurrent resolution for a vote next week.
