Senate gears to vote on new budget late this week

Senate Republicans Prepare to Vote on New Budget Plan

Senate Republicans are aiming to vote late this week — and possibly into the weekend — on an updated budget framework to clear the ways for a massive reconciliation package encompassing President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) unveiled the new budget plan yesterday. The framework keeps House Republicans’ own budget resolution intact, but sets new, significantly scaled back spending cut floors for Senate committees.

The total floor for spending cuts comes at just $4 billion, a far cry from the House’s budget blueprint which instructs committees ...