Senate Pushes Narrow DHS Budget Plan
Key Republican senators’ meeting with President Donald Trump today should clarify the scope of an imminent partisan legislative package funding border security and immigration enforcement to help end the longest partial government shutdown in US history.
Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso are heading to the White House today to discuss their proposed budget resolution. It’s the first procedural step in the complicated but powerful budget reconciliation process Trump wants done by June 1.
Getting that document adopted by both chambers will be critical to bypassing Democrats’ filibuster ...