Ted Cruz Says No Way Budget Bill Is Done by July 4

“Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, said there’s no chance that Congress will be able to send President Donald Trump a reconciliation bill by July 4, Speaker Mike Johnson’s self-imposed deadline for passing the measure,” Punchbowl News reports.

Said Cruz: “The Senate will be done by July 4… The Senate bill is going to be markedly different from the House… My guess is the Senate bill will track the House bill, maybe 60 to 70%… And so I think the Senate will vote it out right before the July 4 recess, and then, I think it is likely that we will spend the month of July in conference and trying to reconcile the two.”