The wheels are in motion for Republicans to take another swing at President Donald Trump’s top election priority, but in the Senate, the main focus is keeping the government open.House Republicans advanced their framework for another party line budget reconciliation package that, among other funding priorities, includes a rough sketch to find a way to pass part of the SAVE America Act in the Senate.But Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is prioritizing another issue: preventing Senate Democrats from getting the opportunity to shut down the government ahead of the midterm elections in the fall.JOHNSON DELIVERS BIG FOR TRUMP, BUT FRUSTRATION GROWS ACROSS RAZOR-THIN GOP MAJORITYSenate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson as lawmakers work to finalize DHS funding.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.
via Getty Images)Thune plans to hold the House’s budget framework until the Senate can move a funding extension, known as a continuing resolution.Doing so, however, delays reconciliation, and in turn, trying to pass the SAVE America Act.Negotiations on a continuing resolution between Republicans and Democrats are already underway in the Senate, but some in the GOP worry that Thune’s maneuver opens the door for betrayal."I support (Thune), I like him.
I don't agree with him on this," Sen.John Kennedy, R-La., an appropriator, told Fox News Digital.
"I've seen this vampire movie before.He wants to negotiate with the Democrats.
I respect that, but right now, if you turn the other cheek to Chuck (Schumer), he’s just gonna stab me in the neck."Sen.Katie Britt, R-Ala., told Fox News Digital she understood Kennedy’s position, but that Republicans needed to strike on funding the government while the opportunity was there.I "believe that, particularly in the last year, we've seen Democrats getting more and more comfortable with not doing their job and finding a pathway forward," Britt said.
"I do think we all have a d...