Trump Backs Senate’s Budget Plan: ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

President Donald Trump threw his support to the Senate’s budget plan Wednesday, as he called on Republicans to unify and pass a bill that would ensure that his 2017 tax cuts are extended and funding is provided for border security and other campaign promises.

“Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have been working tirelessly on taking the next step to pass the plan for our ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,” said Trump on Truth Social on Wednesday, adding:

“The Senate Plan has my Complete and Total Support. Likewise, the House is working along the same lines. Every Republican, House and Senate, must UNIFY. We need to pass it IMMEDIATELY!”

Trump’s call for unity came days before the Senate’s expected “vote-a-rama,” which will likely fall on Friday and possibly carry over into Saturday, in which senators have the right to debate the resolution and propose amendments before voting.

In a statement to The Daily Signal, Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., echoed the president’s calls for rapid action on passing the budget plan.

Marshall contended that the package provides the tools for “making the Trump tax cuts permanent, reducing wasteful spending, unleashing American energy, and securing our border.”

The budget resolution is the first step in the budgetary process, in which Congress sets ceilings and floors for spending in different policy areas. Those ceilings and floors are further fleshed out and codified in law by the budget reconciliation process.

In February, Trump praised the House of Representatives’ budget resolution, which was passed independently of the Senate. Both houses must approve the resolution by a simple majority.

After weeks of meetings between Johnson and Thune, the Senate released a compromise budget plan to pass through both chambers.

Now, facing what’s being called a “vote-a-rama,” senior Republican senators are touting Trump’s endorsement of the Senate plan as motivation for their colleagues to swiftly pass the resolution, which must also be approved by the House.

In a statement to The Daily Signal, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, said that “Trump supports the Senate’s budget plan because the Senate is rallying around President Trump’s priorities.”

As chairman, Graham has played a central role in shaping the Senate’s budget plan.

He added, “President Trump supports major spending reductions, making the tax cuts permanent, securing the border, and helping the military. The Senate budget blueprint does all that and more.”

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, said that “Senate Republicans are united behind Trump’s agenda and that “cuts to fraudulent and wasteful spending, making the Trump tax reform permanent, and massive regulatory relief” are key features of the resolution.