Senators vote today.
The budget framework passed the House, 221-207, with only six Democrats voting in its favor and three Republicans voting against it. But that was enough for Bush to declare a bipartisan victory. The Senate is expected to approve it today. But with the Senate split evenly between Republicans and Democrats, even that tax cut cannot pass unchanged once lawmakers turn from endorsing this broad budget plan to actually writing detailed tax law. That began yesterday and will continue for weeks, if not months.