Political Update Saturday February 22, 2025 Congress & One Big Beautiful Bill

Political Update Saturday February 22, 2025 Congress & One Big Beautiful Bill: The government shutdown deadline of Friday March 14, 2025 gets closer with no plan in Washington, D.C., on how to fund the government past the end of the current Continuing Resolution (CR). The Congress is working on a strategy to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda that includes more money for defense, border protection and deporting illegal migrants, energy policies, and extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts. The House and Senate continue down two different paths toward the same goal. Both the House and Senate plan to use the Budget Reconciliation process that allows a bill to pass without the threat of a Senate filibuster, and a Budget Resolution is the first step in the Reconciliation process.