House GOP leaders call on Senate to take up their plan to pass Trump agenda

House Republican leaders are calling on the Senate to take up the House-passed budget resolution that would tee up President Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda, saying in a joint statement on Monday that they want to enact the legislation “as quickly as possible.”

“The House is determined to send the president one big, beautiful bill that secures our border, keeps taxes low for families and job creators, grows our economy, restores American energy dominance, brings back peace through strength, and makes government more efficient and more accountable to the American people,” the lawmakers, including chairs of key committees, wrote.

“We took the first step to accomplish that by passing a budget resolution weeks ago, and we look forward to the Senate joining us in this commitment to ensure we enact President Trump’s full agenda as quickly as possible,” the lawmakers continued. “The American people gave us a mandate and we must act on it. We encourage our Senate colleagues to take up the House budget resolution when they return to Washington.”

The House and Senate return to Washington Monday after passing a funding bill to avert a government shutdown and then taking a week-long recess. Now, the focus turns to pushing Trump’s agenda on tax cuts, energy, and border priorities, which congressional Republicans aim to pass through a special budget reconciliation process that bypasses the need for any Democratic support in the Senate.

The House passed a budget resolution in February that would provide the framework for “one, big beautiful bill” – as the president has called it – for at least $1.5 trillion in spending cuts over a decade plus an increase in the debt ceiling along with target levels for tax and other priorities

But the Senate had previously adopted its own framework that would provide a two-track path, advancing a slimmed-down framework that included only funding for border and defense, setting the two chambers up for a clash over the coming weeks.

Johnson has previously said he hopes to pass the Trump legislative agenda by Easter, in late April, or by Memorial Day at the end of May — even as Senate Republicans warn the ambitious timelines is unrealistic.

“This is our opportunity to deliver what will be one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in the history of our nation. Working together, we will get it done,” the statement from the House GOP lawmakers said.