WASHINGTON—Vice President J.D. Vance said on Feb. 20 that the Republicans’ goal is to pass a major bill fitting with President Donald Trump’s agenda by May or June.
This comes as the Senate is scheduled to vote on amendments to a budget resolution that would unlock the process to pass a bill through reconciliation. Meanwhile, a competing budget resolution by the House is scheduled to be voted on next week.
The Senate Budget Committee advanced the upper congressional chamber’s budget resolution on Feb. 13, while the House Budget Committee advanced its own on Feb. 14.
Reconciliation allows for bills related to taxation, spending, and the national debt to pass without having to overcome the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the Senate that applies to most legislation….