Sen. Susan Collins is headed to Mar-a-Lago with a group of Republican senators to meet with President Donald Trump, the Portland Press Herald reported.
The purpose of the trip to the president’s home in Florida is to strategize about a budget reconciliation bill that must be passed by Feb. 14 to avoid a government shutdown, according to the newspaper.
House Republicans are planning to work through the weekend with the goal of creating a filibuster-proof bill early next week.
The key sticking point has been cost: Trump’s priorities for the package, including permanent extensions of his 2017 tax cuts plus new tax breaks and spending, could push the price tag near $6 trillion.
The Associated Press contributed reporting.
