Senate Republicans have pushed ahead on a scaled-back budget bill. On a party-line vote late Tuesday, 50-47, they agreed to start consideration of a $340 billion package.

Trump on Wednesday criticized the approach from the Senate Budget Committee chairman, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and sided with the House GOP's broader, if politically difficult, plan that includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and other priorities. Senators wanted to address those later, in a second package.