Senate Republicans push back on Johnson’s budget blueprint
Senate Republicans are skeptical of Speaker Mike Johnson’s $95 billion budget blueprint and the proposed summer budget-resolution timeline, warning that the plan will face hurdles in the Senate. Defense hawks want more military funding, agriculture allies seek more farm aid, and the framework includes no offsets, meaning Senate committees would need to set higher funding ceilings and offsets for a final package. Johnson’s pattern of speaking for the Senate has frustrated Senate leaders, and many GOP lawmakers prefer a normal appropriations process over another reconciliation bill, wary of potential poison-pill amendments.