Senate Homeland Leader to Pitch Billions Less on Border Security

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will release as soon as Tuesday his panel’s portion of a sweeping GOP tax and spending bill with “about half as much money” for border security as a counterpart House proposal. “It’ll actually be the conservative version of how much money we would spend,” Paul said in a brief interview with Bloomberg Government.

• House Homeland Security Committee approved that chamber’s plan in April, ultimately including more than $80 billion mostly for border wall construction, facilities, and personnel
• Paul has taken issue, in particular, with the proposed $46.5 billion for the wall, ...