Senate Passes Budget Resolution as 'Plan B' in Case of House Failure

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Reconciliation bills, which only apply to measures related to taxation, spending, and public borrowing, require a simple majority to pass in the upper chamber.
46% : Implementing Trump's campaign promises -- such as the removal of illegal immigrants from the United States, constructing a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, and extending tax deductions made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 -- requires Congress to pass legislation.
44% : The Senate plan calls for two reconciliation bills, with the second being focused on the politically complicated issues of taxation and the sovereign debt limit that are dividing Senate Republicans at present.
43% : "Every day Americans will pay for billionaire tax breaks with their health care ... with abandoned medical research ... with shuttered family farms and businesses," said Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) during a debate on the resolution.
40% : The bills also cannot increase the deficit after 10 years, and cannot include pure policy reforms -- such as changes to asylum laws -- that Trump also seeks. To begin the reconciliation process, the Senate and House of Representatives must pass a budget resolution that sets funding levels for the fiscal year and instructs committees to make recommendations for spending increases or cuts.
39% : The resolution has been rejected by Trump, who prefers the resolution being considered by the House.

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