Republicans split on best path to advance Trump's agenda in Congress
Republicans may control both chambers of Congress but leaders in the House and Senate have very different ideas about the best way to implement President Trump's agenda.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday that he is moving forward with a budget proposal that would allow Republicans to pass much of President Trump's agenda without the threat of a filibuster. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
toggle captionChip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesHouse and Senate Republicans are charting competing courses to implement President Trump's top agenda items, including boosting funds for security along the U.S. southern border and extending tax cuts.
The Senate budget committee is expected to begin marking up a budget resolution Wednesday that begins the process of reconciliation to provide $175 billion to secure the southern border and $150 billion in new military spending.
"It would be enough money for four years to implement President Trump's border agenda, immigration agenda on the security side," budget Chairman Lindsey Graham told reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday.
Graham spoke after a closed-door briefing with other GOP senators, OMB Director Russ Vought and border czar Tom Homan. He said the pair begged for additional funding and said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is running out of money.
"After that briefing, if the Republican Party cannot provide the money to the Trump administration to do all the things they need to do to make us safe, we have nobody to blame but ourselves," Graham said. "Because we have the ability through reconciliation to do this, and I just want to do it sooner rather than later."
One or two bills, that is the questionÂSenate Republicans want to proceed with a two-bill approach in order to act more expeditiously on the president's priorities at the border, and then return later this year to address extending tax cuts. GOP senators have expressed concern that combining those items into one bill risks making it too complicated and unwieldy to pass quickly.
"To my friends in the House â we're moving because we have to," Graham, R-S.C., said. "I wish you the best. I want one big beautiful bill, but I cannot and will not go back to South Carolina and justify not supporting the president's immigration plan."
Across the Capitol, House Republican leaders have been pushing a one-bill approach that encompasses top administration priorities like immigration, energy, defense and taxes.
The House has different considerations than the Senate. GOP members say putting the tax component into a separate bill down the road could jeopardize it altogether.
House Republicans have a razor thin majority and it's difficult enough to satisfy the various factions within the conference to get on board with one bill, let alone two.
"It's a nonstarter," said House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., of the potential to go with the Senate's budget resolution. Johnson also indicated addressing the debt ceiling, something Trump has requested, will be part of the House plan.
But Johnson's conference isn't yet aligned with how to go about the one-bill approach. The speaker's plan has already been undermined earlier this week when the hardline House Freedom Caucus released its own budget resolution, representing the first of a two-step reconciliation plan.
"Given the current delay in the House on moving a comprehensive reconciliation bill, moving a smaller targeted bill now makes the most sense to deliver a win for the President and the American people," Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., said in a statement.
Trump has previously expressed support for the one-bill path but has also said he cares less about the process and more that it gets done.
Budget resolution key to unlocking reconciliationBoth chambers are working toward a budget tool called reconciliation in order to achieve their policy goals.
Reconciliation is a process that allows some types of legislation to pass with a simple majority and avoid the threat of a filibuster, which requires 60 senators to overcome. It's the same mechanism that congressional Democrats used to pass parts of former President Joe Biden's legislative agenda.
Republicans have 53 seats in the Senate and can't expect any support from Democrats to get them over the 60-vote threshold, so they turn to reconciliation.
The first step of that process is a budget resolution, which directs various committees to develop legislation that achieves certain budgetary goals. The committees write those bills to achieve specific targets and then the budget committee assembles those bills together into one large bill that can't be filibustered.
Graham pointed out Tuesday that committees will also be directed to find offsets to pay for other priorities like defense.
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So Yoo Jin plays Oh Yoo Jin, Na Raâs younger sister and Jin Wooâs wife. Her natural chemistry with Oh Na Ra made their on-screen sisterhood feel all the more real. At the script reading, So Yoo Jinâs lively dialect performance had the entire cast and crew roaring with laughter.
Seo Hyun Chul stars as Seo Hyun Chul, Na Raâs husband. At the script reading, he delivered an impressive performance as a man constantly stuck in âserious mode.â As the weary head of the household, his bittersweet yet comedic presence seamlessly balanced humor and depth.
Meanwhile, Song Jin Woo portrays Song Jin Woo, Na Raâs brother-in-law and Hyun Chulâs co-worker in the same office department. As a husband perpetually ranked at the bottom of the household hierarchy, his struggles to assert authorityâboth at home and at workâpromise plenty of laugh-out-loud moments.
Veteran actor Park Young Gyu, playing Na Ra and Yoo Jinâs father Oh Young Gyu, added another layer of fun with his impeccable comedic timing and charismatic presence.
Choi Ye Na steps into the role of Goo Won Hee, a lodger in Na Raâs household, effortlessly bringing her sharp and chic character to life. Han Sung Min and Jung Min Gyu, playing Na Ra and Hyun Chulâs children Seo Yi Na and Seo Young Hoon, each add their own distinct charm to the family dynamic. Meanwhile, TEMPESTâs Eunchan, portraying Yoo Jin and Jin Wooâs son Song Kang, captivates with his commanding presence.
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Watch the full script reading video below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o6mmqvSA1I
âNation of Villainsâ is set to premiere in March as the follow-up to âKICKKICKKICKKICK.â
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