Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters about his plans to advance President Donald Trump's spending and tax bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
That came after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., warned that advancing the bill could have consequences for the typically bipartisan government funding process in the upper chamber. Meanwhile, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said that more rescissions would be on the way.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., noted that any consideration of spending bills would require "cooperation" from Democrats, and that the forthcoming vote would give Republicans a glimpse of where their colleagues stood on funding the government ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline.
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President Donald Trump departs after signing the GENIUS Act, a bill that regulates stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
"I think Republicans have created a crisis, and they need to figure out how to solve it," the Connecticut Democrat said. "We can't do appropriations bills with this escalating promise from the administration to cancel all Democratic spending as soon as we vote for it."
Sen. Mike Rounds, also a member of the spending panel, hoped that lawmakers could make the appropriations process work this year, but acknowledged that Democratic resistance could lead Congress to once again turn to another government funding extension, known as a continuing resolution.
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He contended that if Democrats were willing to give up on a bipartisan process it would only be to the advantage of the Trump administration.
"So, part of it is, do we actually want an appropriations process," he said.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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