Senate Budget Committee to Draft Second Reconciliation Bill

The Senate Budget Committee will move forward with drafting a second budget reconciliation bill focused on homeland security, defense, and election integrity, Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) announced on March 25. Graham said the effort follows discussions with President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.). He emphasized that national security remains the federal government’s top responsibility, arguing that even a relatively small share of the budget devoted to law enforcement can have an outsized impact. “The number one priority of the federal government has always been keeping our homeland safe and keeping our enemies at bay over there so they can’t hit us here,” he said in a statement. “While federal law enforcement spending represents about only one percent of the federal budget, what these men and women can accomplish with it is incredible.”...