Rep. Bergman to Newsmax: ‘Not Game Time Yet’ With Budget Process

Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Mich., had a message for his Republican colleagues who might be against voting for the budget reconciliation package that the Senate delivered to the House: “This is not game time yet.”

“Right now, our number one priority in the House and in the Senate is to get President [Donald] Trump’s America First agenda moving forward and that involves what we’re going to be voting on this week with the budget reconciliation package that came back to us as a Senate amendment,” Bergman said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America” on Tuesday.

“We’re not voting on the budget, we’re not voting on the numbers this week. What we’re voting on is the framework to develop the blueprint so the committees of jurisdiction can actually do their work between the House and the Senate.”

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