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The GOP-led Senate passed a budget blueprint closely aligned with President Donald Trump\u2019s legislative agenda, which includes a permanent extension of his 2017 tax cuts and $175 billion in new border security spending.<\/p>\n

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The resolution passed 51 to 48, with Republican Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine joining Senate Democrats in opposing the measure. The blueprint was approved at around 2:30 a.m. after a marathon \u201cvote-a-rama\u201d session, during which Senate Democrats compelled their Republican colleagues to vote on a series of politically charged amendments related to entitlement spending, government efficiency measures, and Trump\u2019s tariffs.<\/p>\n

Senate Republicans pointed out that, despite claims by Democrats, the upcoming tax and spending bill\u2014which will be unlocked once the budget resolution is passed by both chambers\u2014won\u2019t cut Americans\u2019 Medicaid or Medicare benefits. They are pushing to advance Trump\u2019s legislative agenda through budget reconciliation, a process that lets Senate Republicans bypass the filibuster and pass legislation with a simple majority vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe argument is going to be made that we\u2019re going to hurt all kinds of different people tonight in different ways,\u201d Idaho Republican Sen. Mike Crapo said on the Senate floor Friday evening. \u201cBut the reality is that\u2019s not going to happen. The President has been very clear any reforms to Medicare or Medicaid must not reduce patient benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n

No amendments proposed by Senate Democrats were specifically focused on border security or expediting the president\u2019s deportation agenda, the Daily Caller\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paul voted against the budget resolution, arguing that it included a $5 trillion increase in the statutory debt limit\u2014a move he contended would set a record for the largest borrowing in a single bill in recent American history.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we expand the debt at $5 trillion that will be an expansion of the debt equal to or exceeding everything that happened in the Biden years,\u201d Paul said on the Senate floor Friday. \u201cRepublicans who vote for this will be on record as being more fiscally liberal than their counterparts. They will vote to borrow more money than the Democrats have ever borrowed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Budget found that the Senate\u2019s bill, if not amended in any way, will add up to $5.8 trillion to the deficit, which the organization said would be \u201chistorically unprecedented in its fiscal irresponsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senate GOP leadership contends that the bill\u2019s low spending reduction floors grant the upper chamber maximum flexibility to meet the requirements of the budget reconciliation process.<\/p>\n

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However, some deficit-conscious House Republicans doubt that senators are genuinely committed to reducing spending and have vowed to oppose the resolution unless its text is amended.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Senate can deliver real deficit reduction in line with or greater than the House goals, I can support the Senate budget resolution,\u201d House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris said in a statement Saturday. \u201cHowever, by the Senate setting committee instructions so low at $4 billion compared to the House\u2019s $1.5 to $2 trillion, I am unconvinced that will happen. The Senate is free to put pen to paper to draft its reconciliation bill, but I can\u2019t support House passage of the Senate changes to our budget resolution until I see the actual spending and deficit reduction plans to enact President Trump\u2019s America First agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Senate response was unserious and disappointing, creating $5.8 trillion in new costs and a mere $4 billion in enforceable cuts, less than one day\u2019s worth of borrowing by the federal government,\u201d House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington said in a statement Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

The original House budget resolution did not incorporate permanent tax relief\u2014a stance unacceptable to most Senate Republicans and the president.<\/p>\n

To address this, Senate Republicans included a permanent extension of Trump\u2019s 2017 tax cuts in their fiscal framework. They used a budget scoring method that assumes the permanent extension will have a deficit-neutral effect, as the forthcoming bill would merely continue existing policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmericans should not have to live in fear of a tax hike every few years,\u201d Thune said in a speech on the floor Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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