BGOV Hill Watch Live: What to Expect on the Budget Debates

April 21, 2026, 7:20 PM UTC

Lawmakers are tackling budget action on multiple fronts this week, which Bloomberg Government journalists unpacked in Tuesday’s Hill Watch Live.

Republicans plan to use the reconciliation process to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol — starting with action on a Senate budget resolution released Tuesday — and there are calls to use the filibuster-proof procedure for other priorities.

The fiscal 2027 appropriations process is also underway, including the release of the president’s budget request, hearings with key agency officials, and House appropriators’ work on the first bills of the year.

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