Senate Majority Leader John Thune after the Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on June 24, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
However, a handful of Senate Republicans have raised a fuss over $8.3 billion in cuts from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and over $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the government-backed funding arm for NPR and PBS.
The bill is expected to have its first test vote on Tuesday, but questions remain about whether Thune has the votes.
Senate Republicans are set to meet with Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, who became a near-constant presence on the Hill during the budget reconciliation process, in a bid to shore up support among concerned lawmakers.
'BAIT AND SWITCH': SCHUMER WARNS OF BITTER FUNDING FIGHT OVER GOP CUTS PLAN
President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, on July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
An amendment process coming in the form of another vote-a-rama is expected, but changing the bill could have consequences in the House, where Republicans are warning their colleagues in the upper chamber to stomach the clawbacks as proposed by the White House.
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Thune said he and his leadership team have been discussing issues with the package and trying to make possible changes to the legislation before it hits the floor.
"I'm fine with it as is, but I think we have colleagues who would like to see some perhaps modest changes made, so we're trying to find out if there's a path forward that gets us 51 and stays consistent," he told reporters.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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