McConnell Cranks Up Pressure on Budget Vote

“Senate Republican leaders and President Trump are working to whip up support for their bipartisan, $2.7 trillion budget deal, hoping to stave off embarrassing defections ahead of a vote that’s splitting the party,” Politico reports.

“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Majority Whip John Thune are trying to persuade undecided rank-and-file senators to avoid a replay of last week’s debacle in the House, when roughly two-thirds of House Republicans opposed the deal… Trump is ‘strategically’ making calls to on-the-fence members.”