Washington-Republican-led Senate 52-48 voted on Thursday to start the discussion on a Budget to A multi -dollar package To pass President Donald Trump’s agenda.
This measure calls for a sharp tax reduction and increased spending to enforce immigration and the expansion of the Pentagon, as well as unlimited spending cuts and an increase in debt limit of $ 5 trillion. It is likely to increase the budget deficit.
Each audience voted in favor of this measure, with the exception of Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky. Democrats unanimously voted against it.
Trump wrote on social media on Wednesday: “The Senate Budget Plan gives the tools we need to achieve our common priorities, including some permanent tax cuts, energy reduction, historical investments in defense, borders, and much more,” Trump wrote on social media on Wednesday.
On Thursday’s vote, up to 50 hours of discussion, followed by an unlimited amendment before voting on adopting the expected budget scheme this week. Democrats intend to make amendments to the status of Republicans in a political connection, such as prohibiting tax cuts of wealthy papers and lowering medical cuts.
“You will see a wide range of modifications that are chasing Donald Trump and the Republicans in a full set of issues in which they prefer billionaires and against families.” He told reporters.
Republicans, who control 53 votes in the Senate, may refuse democratic amendments and in the end. If the House of Representatives adopts the same procedure, this would direct the committees to start working on the draft law that can exceed the 60 -year vote threshold and cut the Democrats from the process.
Republicans in the budget scheme indicate that they are planning to use an accounting method to record the cost of expanding the scope of Trump’s tax cuts in 2017 permanently at $ 0, after that. Its cost is estimated at $ 4.6 trillion In a message on Thursday by the non -partisan joint tax committee.
The plan allows additional discounts of $ 1.5 trillion, giving the Senate Finance Committee to flexibility in determining the location of these cuts. Senators told the Republican Party NBC News that they might use this to follow up on Trump’s other proposals, such as taxes on advice.
Senator Lindsey Graham said, R. “Permanent tax cuts will help the economy. Determining the foundation line is my job, not anyone else.”
The budget plan also paves the way for $ 175 billion in new financing to enforce immigration to implement collective deportation, and an increase of $ 150 billion for military spending.
The big open question is the amount of Republican spending who will be reduced, and what they will follow. This measure requires only a few billion dollars in spending cuts, which is a huge amount compared to tax discounts and increased spending.
“I think when it comes to cutting off, we will not pursue the advantages of medical aid-and I agree with that-but there are many things that we can do,” Graham told reporters on Thursday.
He said, “We will reduce, I think, trillion dollars in spending.”
The budget decision also calls for an increase in the debt limit of $ 5 trillion before the deadline this year to behave or risk the failure of US debt.
The vote was a little late on Thursday, when the majority leader of the Senate John Thun, Rurawi, met separately with some of the Senate members who had “questions” about the “process” of what comes after that, according to the Senator John Kennedy, RR.
“I know that there are some members of the Senate who have more questions. But we have done so since January, and the gallows focus on the mind,” Kennedy said, adding that he advised Thne to contact the vote. “The only way to make some members of the Senate is the focus is to make a vote, then they have three options: they can vote yes, they can vote, or they can jump on railways and run.”
Senator Mike Rlonds, Rusu, said that the leadership “does not twist the weapon, but they wanted some people wanted to make sure they understood how the process succeeded,” and as a result, they took the vote “it took a little longer to accomplish it.”
Democrats, who do not have votes to stop them unless four or more Republicans are a defect, hope at least in a painful political vote for the majority party.
“The job of Democrats over the next 36 hours is to retain the feet of the Republicans on the fire, and to force them to tell the truth what they want to do to the American economy and what they believe is fairness, a country that works with a few billionaires and allows everyone to eat dirt.” “Democrats in this battle along the way. We are ready to go.”
