John Thune, Senate Majority leader, has scheduled a vote for this week on the Senate budget blueprint in order to advance some of President Trump’s agenda.

The Senate version of the plan will be passed faster if the vote is held this week while the House has a break.

The House budget blueprint is much smaller than the one from Lindsey Graham (South Carolina Republican), chair of the Senate Budget Committee. The document provides instructions for upcoming legislation that could provide up to $345 Billion in funding for border protection, immigration enforcement, and defense needs.

Mr. Thune, South Dakota Republican said that it was “time for action” regarding Mr. Trump’s agenda.

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Thune stated on X that “securing the border, building our defense and unleashing American Energy” were his top priorities. “That begins this week when we pass Chairman [Graham]’s budget. Let’s get it done.”

The Senate budget directs both the Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees in each chamber to allocate $175 billion to border security and immigration enforcement, and the Armed Services Committees to set aside $150 billion to defend the country.

Transportation committees could also contribute up to 20 billion dollars to the Coast Guard for border security and defence.

The new expenditures would be spread out over the next four-year period. Mr. Graham stated that he intended to offset all new expenditures. His first blueprint set a minimum of $5 billion as deficit reduction instructions for the few committees.

His move, however, leapfrogs over the House where Republicans struggled until last week to come up with a budget plan. Both chambers have differing views on how to best implement Mr. Trump’s agenda.

The Senate is trying to pass two separate bills that will split the tax cut extension for the president from the more complex issue of border and immigration control. The House is adamant that it will pass “one beautiful, big bill”, which would be the most effective vehicle to get the lower chamber.

Next week, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on its budget plan.

House Majority leader Steve Scalise (Louisiana Republican) reaffirmed the chamber’s commitment towards the “one bill” strategy.

Scalise posted on social media: “Securing our border, opening American energy up to lower costs (including no tax for tips), strengthening national defense, a 2-year extension of the Debt Ceiling, and passing DOGE’s waste in government into law,” he said. “All of Trump’s priorities will be rolled into one beautiful, big bill when we pass the budget [of House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Anrrington].”

House Speaker Mike Johnson (Louisiana Republican) said in a press release that the House budget blueprint implemented all of President Trump’s agenda into one proposal and “not only parts with promises to return later for the remainder.”

The House GOP blueprint, which was approved by the committee last week and includes all of President Trump’s policies, including his extension of tax cuts for 2017, into one colossal package.

The blueprint actually calls for $1.5 trillion of spending cuts in order to offset $4.5 trillion of tax cuts. Hard-liners from the House Freedom Caucus reached an agreement with Republican leadership in order to reach a $2 trillion goal.

Tax writers can increase tax cuts if committees reduce more than $2 trillion. If they do not reach that limit, the Ways and Means Committee ceiling for tax reductions also drops.

The two chambers must agree on the final product before they can move forward with the more difficult task of putting together the policy and budget cuts needed for the budget reconciliation, which will bypass the Senate filibuster. This will allow Republicans to push it through by party line votes.

While Mr. Thune is moving, he will probably be met with opposition from Senate Democrats who could slow down the process by adding amendments. Senators are allowed to introduce unlimited amendments, and can slow down the chamber by hours of discussion and voting.