Sen. James Lankford said Tuesday that the Senate isn’t looking to make major changes to the budget reconciliation bill the House sent over. Instead, the upper chamber’s goal is to make minor changes while keeping the measure largely recognizable to the House GOP.
“There are several changes we’re going to make on it, but we’re glad that the House has sent over a really good bill,” the Oklahoma Republican said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “It’s a great starting point for us. We’re going to have this bill, we’re going to work from the House version of this bill and do as much as we can to make sure that the House bill is recognized by the House when it comes back to the House.
“So, we’re going to take their framework, their details, their policy areas, and then do some minor tweaks on this,” he said. “There were 215 Republicans in the House that all put their fingerprints on it. Now, this is the opportunity for 50 plus senators to do the same, and then to have one bill that’s actually combined between the two bodies.”
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