Trump, Senate and blueprint
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The Republican-led Senate voted 52-48 on Thursday to begin debate on a budget blueprint for a multitrillion-dollar package to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda.
From NBC News
Congress will hold its first hearing in more than three years on a long-running push to make daylight saving time permanent in the United States.
From Reuters
The Senate’s version, meanwhile, calls for $4 billion in cuts – although senators argue they set a lower marker to allow for maximum flexibility under strict Senate rules that govern the process.
From CNN
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The Senate unveiled text of its budget blueprint on Wednesday, marking the next step toward drafting President Donald Trump’s massive tax reconciliation bill. But there’s still a long way to go. The Senate-based resolution closely mirrors the one that has already passed out of the House,
Senate Republicans got over the first procedural hurdle Thursday on their revised budget plan needed to move forward on a reconciliation bill.
The Senate proposal includes language noting that lawmakers plan to abide by Trump's promise not to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits while protecting them from "waste, fraud, and abuse," though it is not binding. That language is meant to imply that Medicaid spending could be cut, but that the cuts wouldn't reduce benefits.
Senate Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a 70-page budget resolution that they say would give Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a staunch ally of President Trump, the power to
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Senate Republicans moved ahead of the House to propose a $5 trillion increase to the debt limit and make 2017 federal tax cuts permanent.
U.S. Senate Republicans planned a first step on Thursday toward advancing President Donald Trump's sweeping tax cut agenda with a procedural vote that will test party unity in the face of concerns that it does not include sufficient spending cuts.
The Senate approved a bill Tuesday to amend the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future — but not without addressing an amendment about transgender children in sports.