House Panels to Hold Markups That Unveil Details of GOP Bill to Advance Trump’s Agenda

Four committees are permitted to increase spending, while all others must suggest deep cuts in their areas of jurisdiction.

(L-R) Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas), Rep. Scott Franklin (R-Fla.), Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) hold a news conference to introduce new immigration and border legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 27, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives, after returning from its spring recess, is set to begin drafting bills that will authorize funds for President Donald Trump’s policy objectives. The “markups”—long sessions in which bills are considered, amended, and advanced to the full House—are set to begin in the week of April 28 to May 2.

The bills are being drafted under the aegis of the “budget reconciliation” process, whereby Congress can pass and present special legislation to the president that concerns taxation, spending, and public borrowing without requiring the support of 60 senators in the Senate to invoke cloture and prevent a ‘filibuster.” Since 2016, the most consequential legislation in federal politics has often been enacted through the reconciliation process, such as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.