Senate GOP moves budget plan as House struggles

Feb. 10, 2025, 11:43 AM UTC

The clock is ticking on Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans.

Their long-awaited budget resolution — and a crucial first step toward passing President Donald Trump’s top legislative priorities — is supposed to land this week.

Johnson (R-La.), who chatted up Trump at the Super Bowl, was aiming to mark up a resolution as early as Tuesday, but said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” that a markup could slip into later this week.

We’ve seen timelines slip before, though, and so has the Senate, where Johnson’s GOP counterparts tired of waiting and are pushing a different approach. They ...

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