Congress is finishing up its two-week recess after successfully adopting the budget resolution which contained President Donald Trump’s legislative priorities on tax, border, energy, and more. The resolution still requires the Energy and Commerce committee (E&C) to cut $880 billion in costs under its jurisdiction. Committees have until Friday, May 9 to create their reconciliation bills. Republicans are targeting Memorial day for passing the full reconciliation bill with first committee markups expected the week of April 28. However, the timing of markups for E&C is currently unknown due to discussion on tax policy and spending cuts. Dates for all House committees are listed in the table below with their budget instructions.
| House Committee | Date | Instruction |
| Agriculture | Week of May 5 | Cut at least $230 billion |
| Armed Services | Week of April 28 | Spend up to $100 billion |
| Education & Workforce | Week of April 28 | Cut at least $330 billion |
| Energy & Commerce | May 7 | Cut at least $880 billion |
| Financial Services | April 30 | Cut at least $1 billion |
| Homeland Security | Week of April 28 | Spend up to $90 billion |
| Judiciary | April 30 | Spend up to $110 billion |
| Natural Resources | TBA | Cut at least $1 billion |
| Oversight | April 30 | Cut at least $50 billion |
| T&I | April 30 | Cut at least $10 billion |
| Ways and Means | Rumored for the week of May 5, but timing could slip. | Spend up to $4.5 trillion, can increase debt limit by $4 trillion |
Action on reconciliation could speed up depending on when the federal government hits its borrowing limit. While this is not expected until August or September, the timeline could be oved up to late May or June if tax revenue falls below expectations.
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