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As I've said before, it's a process, a long process, and a very complicated one with a lot of moving parts. And there are going to have to be adjustments made,
Thune said
I think they were waiting to see if we could pass it, obviously, and I think that's OK, but now that we've proven it, we've — I think that's one piece of it,
Arrington addedI think we've proven to the Senate and to everybody with President Trump's support and with a good product, and working together, we can achieve anything,
Arrington saidI think you take things for granted in that situation,
Arrington saidI know the Senate’s doing very well, and the House is doing very well, but each one of them has things that I like, so we’ll see if we can come together,
the president saidWe’re going to celebrate tonight, and we’ll roll up our sleeves and get right back at it in the morning,
Johnson addedThis budget resolution is a key step to start the process in delivering President Trump's America First agenda. With nearly every House Republican directly engaged in this deliberative process, this resolution reflects our collective commitment to enacting the President's full agenda—not just a part of it."
House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday
House Republicans have just taken one of the most morally reprehensible actions Congress has seen in a generation. It's a devil's bargain to slash health care for kids, seniors and working Americans to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations."
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, a Democrat, said in a statement seen by NewsweekThe GOP budget extends the 5 yr. tax holiday we've been enjoying, but because it doesn't cut spending much, it increases the deficit by over $300 billion/yr. compared to letting tax cuts expire. Over 10 years, this budget will add $20 trillion to US debt."
Massie, the only Republican in Congress to vote against the budget resolution, wrote on X
Our very way of life as a country is under assault."
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said on the steps of the Capitol, as reported by the Associated PressThe resolution is stronger than when it started. It now includes a trigger that ties the size of the tax cuts to the relevant committee's ability to meet or exceed the $2 trillion spending cut target. The House budget would benefit from deeper spending cuts, which are the only way to stabilize the national debt, protect Americans from higher taxes, and meet ambitious economic growth targets."
Adam Michel, the director of tax policy studies at the libertarian Cato Institute, told the New York PostWe have a lot of hard work ahead of us, but we are going to deliver the American First agenda,
House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters after the vote
Trump helped us with a number of members,
Scalise told reportersToday, House Republicans moved Congress closer to delivering on President Trump's full America First agenda — not just parts of it,
Johnson said in a statement after the measure passed
It's the best bill we're going to get,
Gill said while praising Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, for his efforts
Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste and abuse. Everybody knows that. We all know it intuitively. No one in here would disagree,
Johnson saidWe have new revenue inputs that really ought to be factored into this,
he said at a forum on Monday
The house has a bill and the Senate has a bill, and I'm looking at them both, and I'll make decisions, but I don't know where they are in the vote,
said TrumpFar-right extremists are determined to push through $4.5 trillion of tax breaks for wealthy Republican donors and well-connected corporations, explode the debt and saddle everyday Americans with the bill by ending Medicaid as we know it. We must be at full strength to enhance our opportunity to stop the GOP Tax Scam in its tracks."
In a "Dear Colleagues" letter sent Monday morning, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote
The House and Senate are doing a SPECTACULAR job of working together as one unified, and unbeatable, TEAM, however, unlike the Lindsey Graham version of the very important Legislation currently being discussed, the House Resolution implements my FULL America First Agenda, EVERYTHING, not just parts of it!"
Trump posted on Truth Social last week