Both a Republican senator and a congressman announced they will not seek re-election amid criticism from President Trump. Former advisor to George W. Bush and John McCain Mark McKinnon, National Affairs Correspondent at The Nation John Nichols,

After a weekend of setbacks, the Senate will try to sprint ahead Monday on President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts despite a series of challenges, including the sudden announcement that GOP Senator Thom Tillis won’t run for reelection after opposing the package over its Medicaid health care cuts.

The US Senate has begun a marathon vote on a sprawling budget that is critical to President Donald Trump's agenda, but the spending plan is hanging in the balance after weeks of fraught negotiations.