The fight over President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is officially moving to the Senate this week, as the chamber convenes for the first full in-person stretch since the House approved the sprawling package late last month.

Senate Republicans have signaled that they plan to make their imprint on the behemoth bill, whether it be ratcheting up spending cuts, watering down Medicaid changes, or reducing the rollback of green-energy tax credits, among other provisions.

The chamber is staring down an ambitious timeline: Republican leaders want to send Trump the package by July 4, leaving the Senate little time to make its alterations, then send the package to the House for a final stamp of approval. That sprint will begin in earnest this week.

Also this week, House Republicans are waiting on the White House to send over a package to claw back billions of funding, as the GOP conference looks to formally codify the cuts the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) made during the first few months of the Trump administration. On the House floor, lawmakers will consider a bill to create a report on esophageal cancer in honor of the late-Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.).

Throughout the Capitol, committees are scheduled to hold hearings on the White House’s 2026 budget request, as Congress gears up for the upcoming spending fight.

Senate to dive into ‘big, beautiful bill’

Senate Republicans will dive into work on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” this week, as party leadership looks to meet its self-imposed deadline.

Both conservatives and moderates have signaled that they would like to see changes made to the large bill, with spending cuts, changes to Medicaid, the rollback of green-energy tax credits and the increase of the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap topping the list of potential issue areas.

It remains unclear which provisions the Senate will tackle. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has said there will be alterations, without specifying in which areas.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), meanwhile, has been urging the Senate to make minimal changes, pointing to the tenuous negotiations that led to the bill’s passage in the House by a small margin. Trump, however, gave cover to the upper chamber last month, greenlighting the tweaks.

“I want the Senate and the senators to make the changes they want. It will go back to the House and we’ll see if we can get them,” Trump said. “In some........

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