Speaker Mike Johnson successfully muscled Republicans’ Recon 3.0 ball into Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s court.
GOP Senators aren’t exactly thrilled to have it there.
“I don’t think Senator Thune’s going to take it up,” Sen. John Kennedy told reporters Wednesday.
GOP senators are likely to face a wave of pressure from the White House and House Republicans to move quickly and advance their budget resolution before August recess — the first step necessary to pass another party-line spending bill. But Thune has been frank about the rocky road the effort faces and careful not to guarantee he’ll be successful — before recess or ever.
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