Citing warnings by President Donald Trump’s Border Czar, Senate Republicans pledged Tuesday to move swiftly on a budget proposal that could pave way for an additional $340 billion border security and defence spending.

House Republicans, meanwhile, are trying to maintain pace. They hope to present their own budget proposal as early as Wednesday, which would extend the trillions of tax cuts that were passed during Trump’s first tenure.

The GOP senators want to see progress made on Trump’s domestic agenda. Russ Vought is the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Tom Homan was the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and he played a key role as a Trump advisor in his second term.

Both emphasized the urgent need for additional border resources.

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We’re not building walls, people. “We’re hitting a brick wall,” said Lindsey Graham (the Republican Chair of the Senate Budget Committee). “They need money, and they need it right now.”

Graham’s Committee will be discussing a budget proposal for increased border and defense expenditures on Wednesday and Thursday. The plan instructs the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs (Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs) to spend as much as $175 billion and Senate Armed Services Committee up to $150 billion.

Graham said that other committees would be asked to find ways to reduce spending on other government programs in order to pay for border and defence funds. He refused to give specifics, or to express his preferences.

Graham said: “I hope the committees that approve these budgets have spent a lot of time thinking about how they can save money.”

Graham stated that the Senate plan requires additional defense and border-security spending to be spread over four years, and will also be paid for within this time frame.

Democrats are concerned that Republicans will focus their savings on Medicaid, which covers health insurance for the poor.

After Graham’s budget plan was announced, Wyden said, “Democrats will fight to the death to stop any Medicaid cuts that will increase costs and deny health care to everyday Americans.”

Since last year, Republicans have debated whether the majority of Trump’s plan should be implemented in two or one piece of legislation. The Senate has a two-bill agenda, whereas the House follows a single-bill approach.

It is unclear which side will prevail in the end.

House Speaker Mike Johnson stated that the details of the chamber’s budget would be released Tuesday night. However, Majority Leader Steve Scalise said he anticipated the unveiling taking place on Wednesday and the House Budget Committee voting on Thursday.

Johnson’s ambitious January schedule is a little behind, but he insists that “we are on schedule.”

Budget plans are only the beginning of a long and complex legislative process. It’s necessary to unlock a path that will allow Republicans to pass legislation if Democrats oppose it unanimously.

Republicans used the process called reconciliation to pass tax reductions in 2017. Democrats used the process twice under Biden. They passed a COVID relief package in 2021, and then a massive health and climate care package in 202022.

House Republican leaders say they can pass more of Trump’s priorities if they combine them into one bill. Republican senators are in agreement with the idea, but doubt that it will be successful. Republicans in the House have a very small majority and have struggled to unite behind legislation.

The House Republicans were so divided in the last Congress that eight GOP members voted along with Democrats to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. This was an unprecedented action.

“I understand what the House wants to achieve, but right now they are spinning their wheels and we cannot afford to keep doing that. Ron Johnson, R.-Wis., said that we need to provide the president with the funds he needs to secure the border. We cannot wait any longer.

Trump said he would prefer Republicans pass “one beautiful big bill” but Graham pointed out that sending Vought to meet with Senators was also a sign.

Graham told reporters, “I bet they spoke to [Trump] prior to their arrival.” “… “Why would they tell us they were begging for money if they did not want to move?” Graham asked reporters.

Graham said that administration officials expressed chilling concerns about the U.S.-Canada border during the briefing. Graham also told reporters: “I have never been more concerned about a terror attack on our homeland.”

We need to raise more money for the American people to finish the wall. Graham said that if you want to have a modern border we will need more money. If you think President Trump has the right idea to deport criminal aliens, and to clean up the mess created in the past four years, then we need more ICE officers.