Ursula Perano

Washington, D.C., United States

Senate Reporter at NOTUS

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Articles

Senate Republicans Try to Solve Their Reconciliation Math Problem

5 days ago | notus.org | Ursula Perano |Helen Huiskes

Congress Sen. John Thune talks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill. Senate GOP leaders have just days left if they want to meet their self-imposed July 4 deadline for reconciliation. They’ll have to start flipping votes — fast. There are more than a half-dozen Republican senators with open objections to the bill, which has still not yet been fully written or publicly released.
Senate Leaves Town With Long To-Do List on Reconciliation

1 week ago | notus.org | Ursula Perano

After the Senate spent less than 48 hours in session, senators left town for the week on Wednesday with more questions than answers on their reconciliation bill. With a self-imposed Fourth of July deadline for passing the reconciliation package fast approaching, Republicans are hoping some time away from the Capitol for a Juneteenth mini-recess can help senators break through some major sticking points.
Senate Republicans Draw Their Reconciliation Battle Lines Over Medicaid

1 week ago | notus.org | Ursula Perano |Helen Huiskes

The fate of the GOP’s reconciliation bill may very well come down to Medicaid. The Trump administration is pulling out all the stops to convince holdouts — those who want more cuts and those who want fewer — but as of Tuesday, just over two weeks out from the GOP’s July 4 deadline, Senate Republican leaders don’t appear to have the votes for a bill that doesn’t even fully exist yet. “I’m a ‘no,’” said Sen. Ron Johnson, who opposes the bill over deficit concerns. “I’m a ‘no’ for next week, for sure.”
The Senate’s First Crack at the Reconciliation Bill Takes Republicans ‘Totally by Surprise’

1 week ago | notus.org | Ursula Perano

The Senate on Monday finally released its first wave of changes to the House-passed reconciliation bill, and Republican critics with opposing views on everything from Medicaid to tax policy found one thing they could agree on: They don’t like the new legislation. Conservatives inside and outside the Senate don’t think the cuts go far enough. Republican champions of Medicaid think the cuts to that program are far too much.
Senate Republicans Look to Get Back on Track for Reconciliation

1 week ago | notus.org | Helen Huiskes |Ursula Perano

It’s another make-or-break week for Senate Republicans scrambling to pass their reconciliation bill. Republicans say they want to have a bill ready next week. With Thursday and Friday off for Juneteenth, that gives them essentially three legislative days to work out a whole menu of obstacles. Still at issue: How much of the House’s cuts to Medicaid will Senate moderates tolerate?
Border Security Brawl: Senate Republicans Find New Ways to Fight Over Reconciliation

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Ursula Perano |Helen Huiskes

Senate Republicans have plenty of controversial questions to answer in their reconciliation bill. How much will they cut Medicaid? Will the poorest Americans effectively see their taxes go up from the legislation? Will the bill cut food benefits? But on Thursday, it wasn’t the most contentious elements of the legislation that were causing Republicans headaches; it was a part of the bill that, up until this point, Republicans have been unified on: border security.
The White House Is Going Full-Court Press to Get Reconciliation Through the Senate

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Ursula Perano

The White House is wasting no time in trying to persuade Republican senators to back the reconciliation bill, using a full-court press strategy even before the legislation is actually written in the Senate. As the GOP’s self-imposed deadline of Fourth of July recess rapidly approaches, the White House and President Donald Trump’s early intervention may be exactly what lawmakers need to jump-start the slow negotiations.
The GOP’s Reconciliation Timeline Is Looking More Doubtful by the Minute

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Ursula Perano |Helen Huiskes

President Donald Trump isn’t sweating the timeline of the reconciliation bill, telling reporters Monday that if lawmakers go “a little longer” than their self-imposed deadline of July 4, “that’s OK.”Congressional Republicans are sweating it, however, and they’re speeding ahead with a measure that, at this point, isn’t written and is hardly negotiated. “We’re rapidly approaching floor consideration of our reconciliation bill,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday.
Senate Republicans Seem Far Apart on Their Spending Cut Demands

3 weeks ago | notus.org | Helen Huiskes |Ursula Perano

Senate Republican leadership claims they’re inching closer to a deal on the party’s massive reconciliation package. But on the issue of Medicaid cuts versus spending levels, the conference seems to be pretty far apart. There are two main factions among Senate Republicans whose entire goals are at odds with each other. There are those, like Sens.
Elon Musk Knifed the Reconciliation Bill. Senate Republicans Are Taking Note.

3 weeks ago | notus.org | Helen Huiskes |Ursula Perano

When Senate Republicans entered their weekly closed-door lunch on Tuesday, lawmakers said they were eager to make progress on their massive reconciliation bill. By the time they came out of that meeting, however — after Elon Musk trashed the legislation as a “disgusting abomination” and a “massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill” — Republicans seemed even further from consensus.