House Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team urged their Senate Republican counterparts on Monday to vote swiftly on a House-approved budget framework now that lawmakers are returning to Washington after a weeklong recess.
The public nudge comes as GOP leaders on both sides of the Capitol feel pressure to show quick progress toward enacting President Donald Trump’s agenda of tax cuts, border security enhancements, energy deregulation and new military spending.
First, however, they have to agree on the fiscal outlines of the package, and the House and Senate have approved competing blueprints.
Johnson and his allies said Monday that the Senate should simply take up the House version. The statement came ahead of a planned meeting Tuesday with GOP leaders and tax committee chairs at the White House.
