Senate Republicans are moving ahead with a budget plan that would boost defense and border spending before considering trillions in tax-cut extensions.
The GOP released a framework for a border, immigration, and defense bill that could add more than half a trillion dollars to the federal deficit over the next decade, the first procedural step to enacting President Donald Trump’s agenda. It’s likely to be at odds with an emerging House plan that’s expected to combine tax cuts and spending in a single bill.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) released the resolution today and it will be marked ...