The House Budget Committee published text of the spending package minutes after the Senate convened to mark up its own bill

From reducing NIH funding to slashing USAID to new tariffs, Republican lawmakers are beginning to speak out — carefully — against some of Trump's actions.

The House and Senate are both plowing ahead with differing visions for passing President Donald Trump's agenda on Capitol Hill, which will include big spending on border security and defense, along with likely big cuts to programs like Medicaid and food assistance.

NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports on growing concerns from Republican lawmakers as the real-world impact of Trump's executive order hits close to home for some of his allies in Congress. While spending cuts and freezes may sound appealing in theory,

Even as they praise the president’s unilateral actions to slash federal spending, GOP lawmakers quietly move to seek carveouts for their own constituents.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and other top Republican senators vowed to only vote for a permanent, rather than temporary, extension of President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, throwing a wrench into House Republicans’ efforts to advance their version of a bill containing the president’s legislative agenda.