BUDGET RESOLUTION (includes reconciliation instructions to committees in Title II):
| FY 2025 | House Action | Senate Action | Hse-Sen Agreement |
FY 2025 Budget Res. |
H.Con.Res. 14 2/25: passed House 217-215; H.Rpt. 119-4 |
S.Con.Res. 7 2/21: passed Senate 52-48 Budget tables (no report filed) SBC summary |
4/10: House passed the Senate’s revised budget resolution putting the concurrent resolution on the budget into effect (this is an internal congressional framework–not a law; presidential signature is not required). |
| 4/10: Revised budget resolution passed House 216-214 | 4/2: Senate unveils revised resolution 4/5: passed Senate 51-48 |
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| Budget Reconciliation TRACKER (committee reporting deadline May 9, 2025). |
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| 10 – Year Committee Instructions FYs 2025 – 2034 Deficit increases in red Spending cuts in black |
House Committee Action |
Senate Committee Action |
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| Tax Cut Extensions | Hse. Ways & Means: not more than $4.5 trillion* Sen. Finance: 0 – claiming “no cost” to tax cut extensions |
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| New Tax Cuts | Sen. Finance: not more than $1.5 trillion |
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| DEBT CEILING INCREASE |
Hse. Ways & Means increase by $4 trillion Sen. Finance not more than $5 trillion (due May 16) |
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| Defense Increases | Hse. Armed Services: not more than $100 billion Sen. Armed Services: not more than $150 billion |
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| Immigration Enforcement Spending Increases |
Hse. Judiciary: not more than $110 billion Hse. Homeland Sec: not more than $90 billion Sen. Judiciary: not more than $175 billion Sen. HSGAC: not more than $175 billion |
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| Other Spending Increases |
Sen. Commerce: not more than $20 billion Sen. EPW not more than $1 billion |
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| Health cuts | Hse. Energy & Commerce (jurisdiction over Medicaid, Medicare, Commerce) at least $880 billion |
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| Food and Agriculture cuts | Hse. Agriculture at least $230 billion Sen. Agriculture at least $1 billion |
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| Education cuts |
Hse. Ed & Workforce at least $330 billion |
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| Banking cuts |
Hse. Financial Services at least $1 billion Sen. Banking at least $1 billion |
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| Energy & Resources |
Hse. Natural Resources at least $1 billion Sen. Energy & Nat Resources at least $1 billion |
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| Other Cuts | Hse. Govt. Reform at least $50 billion Hse. Transp. & Infrastr. at least $10 billion Sen. Health, Ed, Labor, Pensions at least $1 billion |
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| *The Ways & Means tax cut instructions are to be reduced below $4.5 trillion if total spending cuts by House committees fall below $2 trillion, and may increase tax cut instructions above $4.5 trillion if total spending cuts by House committees exceed $2 trillion. (section 4001 of budget resolution). |
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For a detailed nonpartisan explanation of the budget resolution/reconciliation process read Trillions: A Primer.