On that they wanted to see a tax plan, which includes those reconciliation instructions that allow them to move the tax bill through with only republican support in the senate. So that backing from the Freedom Caucus is a critical element to this. What obstacles does the space next week in the house . Think it faces many obstacles at this point in time. We have been talking with conservatives and republicans and the Freedom Caucus, and both groups seem to be on board at this point in time. We are moving the budget resolution forward. Some more moderate members have 203 billion in mandatory spending cuts over the next decade, but we are not quite sure in time if they will vote against the budget resolution because of those concerns. Even if they do, it should still be able to advance easily. So what does this mean . The way the republican structured their tax bill seems to be a partyline vote. So when congress adopts the budget resolution, that will send reconciliation instructions to the committees, and that does not have it much of a purpose in the house, but in the senate, it allows them to pass their tax bill with a simple majority vote, meaning they will not need democrats in the senate, nor the old nor will they be able to filibuster. What have we heard from democrats in the weeks before the debate . Expect any democratic support. It is a conservative policy document both in spending levels and policy, and democrats will be definitely opposed to this solution. Has the white house given Republican Leadership any indication of their view of the budget resolution, how quickly they might want see it done . See it move to forward pretty quickly. Everything that happened with repeal and replace throughout the summer and even last week, the white house really wants some wins, and adopting the budget resolution would give them a win heading into tax reform. Nexts in the timeline for week when will we see rules and when do you think it will be on the house floor . I think it will be in the rules committee on tuesday at 3 00 p. M. , and we heard from the Committee Chairman that she expects a floor vote on thursday. On the other side of the chamber, the Senate Budget committee will be marking out their budget resolution next week, when we anticipate a twoday markup. You can follow her reporting at cq. Com, also on twitter. Thank you so much. Thank you for having me. Hill producer craig caplan tweeting that the 89 page Senate Republican budget resolution has just been released. The Budget Committee will mark ,ut that resolution next week as you heard from jennifer. The senate itself is not in session today, but jack reed, the senator from rhode island, is in washington. He is the ranking democrat on the Armed Services committee. 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