Skip to content

Big tax-cut and spending agenda

CQ Budget, Episode No. 335

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is pushing for a two-pronged reconciliation process to pass border security and other spending and then tax cuts next year.
Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is pushing for a two-pronged reconciliation process to pass border security and other spending and then tax cuts next year. (Bill Clark/ CQ Roll Call)

Republicans are preparing to use the budget reconciliation process to push border security, tax cuts and more on party-line votes next year. CQ Roll Call’s Caitlin Reilly, Aidan Quigley and David Lerman outline what GOP leaders have in mind and the challenges they face. They also have the latest on plans for a stopgap funding and disaster relief measure needed by next week.

Recent Stories

No-shows and holdouts define Johnson’s shaky majority

Trump defiant on economy in Michigan remarks amid growing voter angst

‘This is not a stock trading ban’: New bill puts Dems in a tough spot

Supreme Court sounds ready to back transgender athlete bans

GOP Rep. Neal Dunn won’t seek reelection to North Florida district

Senate passes bill targeting nonconsensual deepfake images