Congress returns from recess eyeing ambitious schedule to move on Trump's agenda
CBSN
Washington — Congress returns Monday from a two-week recess with Republicans eyeing an ambitious schedule to move on the centerpiece legislation of President Trump's first-year agenda.
After both the House and Senate adopted a budget resolution that serves as a blueprint earlier this month, congressional committees are set to begin work this week on the massive plan to key to implementing Mr. Trump's priorities on border security, defense, energy and taxes. The legislation aims to extend the 2017 tax cuts, along with authorizing additional tax cuts, while raising the debt ceiling by as much as $5 trillion. And GOP leaders have circled an ambitious goal to pass Mr. Trump's "one big, beautiful" bill by Memorial Day.
"What you'll see over the next four weeks is the pieces, the various components of that big bill rolling out of committees," House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Fox News last week, adding that Republicans are "pushing it very aggressively on the schedule" to meet the Memorial Day deadline.
