It’s another make-or-break week for Senate Republicans scrambling to pass their reconciliation bill.
Republicans say they want to have a bill ready next week. With Thursday and Friday off for Juneteenth, that gives them essentially three legislative days to work out a whole menu of obstacles.
Still at issue: How much of the House’s cuts to Medicaid will Senate moderates tolerate? Will the negotiated $40,000 ceiling to the state and local tax deduction (SALT) survive the scrutiny of spending hawks who want to see more savings? Will the Senate meet President Donald Trump’s demands in full for an influx of funding for border security? Will the many policy provisions in the House bill — and those the Senate wants to add — make it past the parliamentarian and the strict rules of reconciliation, which require every measure in the bill to be related to revenue or spending?