The House and Senate are working on two separate approaches, and the president now supports the House’s plan with less than a month before another government shutdown deadline. Winter-weary East Coast hit with another storm as temperatures plunge elsewhere Vice President JD Vance huddled with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill Wednesday to try to bridge the growing divide,

Senate Republicans are plowing ahead with their efforts to advance the first stage of its two-part budget package to pay for President Donald Trump's agenda despite Trump throwing his weight behind the House’s more comprehensive one-bill plan.

The Senate is pursuing a “skinny” spending bill that addresses the president’s priorities for border, defense, and energy spending but leaves other matters for later.