Republican deficit hawks allowed President Donald J. Trump’s bill of legislative priorities to advance out of the House Budget Committee in late-night vote Sunday, marking a key hurdle cleared for House GOP leaders and a sign of progress for warring Republican factions. After gaveling in after 10 P.M. Sunday, the committee voted 17-16 to advance the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would extend President Trump’s tax cuts and boost his border funding priorities while reforming Medicaid and food assistance programs. The next stop is the House Rules Committee, which is set to take up the legislation later this week and make last-minute changes to the bill to reflect any compromises and demands between deficit hawks and moderates in high-tax states. There was progress on moving up the start date for new Medicaid work requirements and speeding up the phaseout of green energy incentives which was the key reason the bill was able to advance out of the Budget Committee. On the other end of the House Republican Conference, moderates in high-tax states are demanding an increase to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap, currently written as $30,000 — a figure that is three times the current level, but moderates say that is not acceptable to win their votes for the sprawling package. Making changes to appease those members will require tweaks to the bill elsewhere, however Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) still insists the entire package will pass the House by Friday.
For today, the Senate will convene at 3:00 P.M. and is expected to vote on a Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #125 Charles Kushner, of New York, to be Ambassador to the French Republic and Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco.
The House will reconvene for votes at 6:30 P.M. and is expected to take up fourteen bills Under Suspension of the Rules.
