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Senate Republicans are gearing up to ask Trump in a dinner Friday whether they should take the lead on advancing the core of his sweeping legislative agenda, as House efforts to kick off budget reconciliation look like they\u2019ll collapse<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Majority Leader John Thune told Mia on Tuesday night that GOP senators\u2019 two-bill strategy \u201ccould be in play\u201d for Trump.<\/p>\n

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise emerged from a private reconciliation meeting late Tuesday and said that GOP leaders were haggling over at least $1 trillion in guaranteed spending cuts, but had no agreement even as they work toward a Budget Committee vote next week. GOP leaders are facing delays as conservative hard-liners push for steeper cuts<\/u><\/a> as part of enacting Trump\u2019s priorities on energy, the border and taxes.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers are also growing anxious about the government shutdown deadline<\/a> on March 14. Top appropriators are struggling to reach agreement on spending levels, thanks in part to complications from Trump\u2019s chaotic overhaul of the federal bureaucracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t think anybody thinks a shutdown is a good thing. But the politics are such that we could certainly stumble into one without meaning to,\u201d House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole said in an interview.<\/p>\n

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