Trump’s $ 9 billion confrontation package threatens the bipartite financing process of the Senate

Senators are expected to take a key vote on Tuesday which could determine the result of government funding in the coming months and if a partial closure of the government is on the horizon. But the vote on credit law bills – normally a collegial process – becomes acrimonious, because some Democrats feel burned by the way the Republicans have worked to pass the expense reductions.

The legislators of the Upper Chamber will vote on their first section of credit bills for this exercise, but that typically popular and bipartisan measures adopt remain vague because the Democrats of the Senate seem ready to derail the process to protest against the recent movements partisan by the Republicans – The movements they say have made the deputory to the trust that links the appropriation process.

The Republicans of the Senate adopted last week last week the $ 9 billion package by President Donald Trump, which reduces the financing of foreign aid programs and public broadcasting, including NPR and PBS.

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The head of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, RS.D., speaks with journalists of his plans to advance the bill on expenditure and taxes of President Donald Trump, at the Capitole in Washington, on Monday, June 2, 2025. (APO photo / J. Scott Applewhite)

This came after the head of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., warned that the advancement of the bill could have consequences for the process of financing the government typically bipartite in the upper chamber. Meanwhile, the director of the management and budget office, Russ Vought, said that more attractions would be on the way.

Head of the majority of the Senate John ThuneRS.D., noted that any taking into account of the bills of expenditure would require “cooperation” of the Democrats and that the future vote would give the Republicans an overview of the place where their colleagues were standing on the financing of the government before the deadline of September 30.

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The leader of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, Dn.y., joined by senator Amy Klobuchar, D-minn., On the right, speaks to journalists following party meetings in camera at Capitole in Washington, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (APO photo / J. Scott Applewhite)

“It was deeply disappointing to hear the Democratic leader threatening to close the government if the Republicans dared to adopt legislation to cut only a tenth of 1% of the federal budget,” said Thune.

Schumer made fun of Thune calling for more bipartite in credits and accused Thune of “talking on both sides of his mouth”.

“We will see how the floor process evolves here on the ground given the recent actions of the Republicans undermining Bipartisan credits,” he said. “Nothing is guaranteed.”

Among the bills that could be taken into account, are invoices which finance military construction and VA, agriculture and food and drug administration, and the legislative branch. The bills will need at least 60 votes to bring the first obstacle to the procedure in the Senate.

The Senate Democrats are expected to meet on Tuesday afternoon before the vote to determine if they will support the planned package.

Senator Chris MurphyD-Conn., Member of the Senate credits committee, said that he and his colleagues had not yet received advice from the democratic management, but noted that the threat of democratic resistance was a problem of the proper manufacture of the GOP. He said that the GOP had “the obligation to give the Democrats answers to the way … they can guarantee that our votes mean anything”.

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“I think the Republicans have created a crisis, and they must understand how to resolve it,” said Connecticut Democrat. “We cannot make a bill of credits with this growing promise of the administration to cancel all democratic expenses as soon as we vot for this.”

Senator Mike Rounds, also a member of the expenditure committee, hoped that legislators could operate the credits process this year, but acknowledged that democratic resistance could lead the congress to turn to another extension of government financing, known as continuous resolution.

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He argued that if the Democrats were ready to abandon a bipartite process, it would only be the advantage of the Trump administration.

“So, in part, we really want a credits process,” he said.