Trump throws Senate GOP budget bill in turmoil as Vance heads to Capitol Hill to meet with senators
The Capitol is seen framed through a window in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025. Credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite
No sooner had Senate Republicans voted to begin work on $340 billion budget bill focused on funding the White House's mass deportations and border security agenda than President Donald Trump threw it into turmoil.
Trump on Wednesday criticized the approach from the Senate Budget Committee chairman, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and sided with the House GOP's broader, if politically difficult, plan that includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and other priorities. Senators wanted to address those later, in a second package.
Vice President JD Vance was on his way to Capitol Hill to confer privately with Republican senators.
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