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Most Americans might be rightly focused on President Donald Trump’s trade war and the tariff drama that has devalued retirement accounts and nest eggs and has Americans sweating higher prices.

As federal judges issue numerous nationwide orders halting Trump agenda items, Congress is looking for ways to address potential abuses.

Republicans in the House narrowly cleared a procedural hurdle to tee up a final vote on the Senate's amended budget.

Sen. John Barrasso, the No. 2 ranking GOP senator, said voters gave Republicans a mission in November, and the Senate budget plan delivers. "It fulfills our promises to secure the border, to rebuild our economy and to restore peace through strength," Barrasso said, according to the Associated Press.

House GOP leaders delayed a critical vote after being unable to sway a sufficient number of holdouts within the party. The vote on a Senate amendment related to a budget plan would have brought the party one step closer to implementing much of President Trump's legislative agenda.