Senate Set for Spending ‘Gut Check': Congress Tracker

This week in Congress brings a test of President Donald Trump’s effort to aggressively reshape the federal government — and new questions about whether fellow Republicans want to own the consequences.

The Senate is planning to take up a $9.4 billion package of rescissions, aiming to affirm reductions sought by the White House (H.R. 4; BGOV Bill Analysis). It’s the first measure of Senate Republicans’ appetite for not just cheering on the administration’s slashing approach to government, but for co-signing it.

And while the stakes are less immediate, the backdrop of devastating floods in Texas provide a ...