House to Take up Revised Budget Blueprint That Passed the Senate

The House of Representatives this week will take up a Senate budget blueprint, the next step in the lengthy process to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda. In the early morning hours of April 5, following a marathon vote series on amendments required by the rules of the process, the Senate advanced the resolution in a mostly party-line 51-48 vote. The only Republican opponents were Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine. However, there have already been warning signs that pushing the blueprint through the House could face challenges. Leadership has already moved to squelch any opposition that could send the process back to the negotiating table....