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Senate Republicans are forging ahead with their budget plan next week as Hill skepticism persists that Speaker Mike Johnson will be able to unify his conference around one mammoth bill.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot of movement \u2014 here\u2019s where things stand:<\/p>\n

The Senate<\/b>: \u201cIt\u2019s time for the Senate to move,\u201d Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham told reporters after emerging from a closed-door conference meeting Wednesday in which he walked Republicans through his fiscal blueprint<\/u><\/a>. Republicans are hoping to vote on it in committee next week.<\/p>\n

The resolution is expected to include roughly $150 billion for border security and a similar \u201crange\u201d for defense spending, Graham said. Senate Armed Services is expected to be tasked with coming up with the spending for the military, while Senate Homeland Security and Judiciary will tackle the border spending. Senators plan to tackle tax priorities in a second bill.<\/p>\n

Republican senators will be at a private Mar-a-Lago dinner with Trump on Friday, where they plan to discuss budget reconciliation.<\/p>\n

The House: <\/b>GOP leaders are still stalled on a plan, and Republicans are getting antsy. They\u2019re starting to look at other options, our colleagues Benjamin Guggenheim and Meredith Lee Hill report. That includes a short term tax-cut proposal<\/u><\/a>, which would allow Republicans to contain some costs and satisfy some hard-liner demands. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Fox Business that he wants permanent cuts, not an extension, as Republicans are discussing.<\/p>\n

Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith, the House\u2019s top tax writer, is unhappy about Graham moving first: \u201cIt\u2019s kind of unfortunate that he\u2019s going to go through a practice that doesn\u2019t accomplish anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

At least one conservative appears to be optimistic about this week\u2019s progress, as leadership signals they\u2019re looking for at least $1 trillion in cuts (though senior House Republicans are skeptical they can meet that goal). Rep. Ralph Norman, a key Freedom Caucus and Budget Committee member, said that a budget blueprint could be released by the end of the week.<\/p>\n

Norman has so far rejected leadership\u2019s proposals but said Wednesday the current work is \u201cpromising.\u201d Rep. Chip Roy, another Freedom Caucus member on the Budget Committee, said he is on board with a 10-year tax cut extension if paired with a $2.5 trillion in cuts.=<\/p>\n

What else we\u2019re watching:<\/b><\/p>\n