Congress

The GOP’s Reconciliation Timeline Is Looking More Doubtful by the Minute

President Trump is already signaling that the timeline for reconciliation may slip. That seems likely, given all the issues Republicans have to settle.

John Thune
Senate Majority Leader John Thune gives remarks to the media during a press conference with Senate Republican Leadership. Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA via AP

By Ursula Perano and Helen Huiskes

June 10, 2025 05:36 AM

President Donald Trump isn’t sweating the timeline of the reconciliation bill, telling reporters Monday that if lawmakers go “a little longer” than their self-imposed deadline of July 4, “that’s OK.”

Congressional Republicans are sweating it, however, and they’re speeding ahead with a measure that, at this point, isn’t written and is hardly negotiated.

“We’re rapidly approaching floor consideration of our reconciliation bill,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday.