Senate Republicans broke with their House counterparts on pivotal budget legislation to carry out President
The Senate plan, announced Wednesday, would delay action on tax cuts until Congress passes a second so-called budget reconciliation package. Key provisions of the 2017 tax package enacted during Trump’s first term expire at the end of this year.
But the strategy would accelerate Republicans’ efforts to give Trump more resources to expand his crackdown on undocumented migrants, possibly delivering additional funds within weeks. ...