Senate Republicans finally pushed through their blueprint for the first phase of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda early Friday morning, after an all-night session that exposed some fissures in their ranks on issues such as cuts to health care and safety net programs.
But controlling 53 seats has its benefits, and GOP amendment losses never piled up high enough to put the measure in serious jeopardy given a budget resolution’s privileged nature, needing only a simple majority for adoption.
The 52-48 vote to adopt the fiscal 2025 budget resolution is the first step towards writing a filibuster-proof reconciliation package, which GOP senators want to use for appropriating more than $340 billion in military and immigration enforcement spending.
