Congressional Republicans may skip trying to pass a budget this year — a decision that represents “a blow to the party's weakened fiscal hawks” and effectively eliminates the possibility of a party-line push to repeal Obamacare or revamp social programs, Politico reports. Republican leaders discussed the possibility at Camp David last weekend, Politico says, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell arguing that, with a slim 51-vote majority, he might not be able to round up the votes to pass a fiscal 2019 budget let alone more controversial deficit-reducing cuts to welfare, Medicare or other safety net programs. It's become common in recent years for Congress to not pass a budget, but foregoing a budget this year would sharply curtail what GOP legislators can accomplish since it would preclude them from using the same reconciliation tool that allowed them to bypass the threat of a Democratic filibuster last year and push through a tax bill on party lines.