Tensions rise in GOP as deadline for budget nears

Tensions rise in GOP as deadline for budget nears-thehill: Senate Republicans are signaling that they are unlikely to pass a budget this year unless the House follows through on plans to pass a blueprint later this month. Not passing a budget would break a promise Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made in 2014, but it would also shield his vulnerable incumbents from politically damaging votes.