CONGRESS RETURNS FROM RECESS AND ARE FACED WITH BUDGET TALKS

Congress returns today from a week long recess following the passing of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. 

As lawmakers return in Washington, they are met with a three-week window to put forth a plan for the spending bill. Speaker Mike Johnson has set an ambitious goal of finalizing a budget blueprint with the Senate and getting it passed in the House by April 7. In a joint statement by Johnson and other top House GOP leaders, they call on the Senate to take up the House budget resolution, "The American people gave us a mandate and we must act on it" they noted that the House "took the first step to accomplish that by passing a budget resolution weeks ago, and we look forward to the Senate joining us in this commitment to ensure we enact President Trump's full agenda as quickly as possible."

The two chambers of Congress remain at odds on what to include in the budget package, with Senate Republicans working on how to tweak the proposed House framework before sending it back. 

ECA will continue to follow and report on the status of the budget resolution