Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday that a border security bill should be “the first order of business of the Senate Budget Committee.”
“Stephen Miller got it right when he said the Senate and House should first pass border security legislation through the budget reconciliation process,” Graham wrote in a post on the social platform He said. Policy staff.
“I support spending limits and tax cuts, but my top priority and the Senate Budget Committee’s first order of business is securing our broken border,” the incoming Budget Committee chair added. “This bill will be transformative, it will be paid for, and it will move forward.”
Graham’s Monday post came in response to an Axios report about Miller’s comments during a Fox News appearance the previous day. In his appearance, Miller urged Republican lawmakers to pass a border funding package that includes a “historic” increase in Border Patrol agents, funding for military operations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requirements.
Miller said Sunday that some Republicans have been discussing immigration control and border security “for decades.”
“But this is what will happen to Donald Trump. “This will be the most important and meaningful domestic policy achievement in half a century,” he said.
The day after the election, Graham said Republicans were likely to keep the House and said, “We’re going to work on budget reconciliation, which is the best tool to help stimulate the economy and secure our border.”
Under the Senate’s special budget reconciliation rules, political parties that control both the House and Senate can pass bills through the Senate by supporting them with a simple majority of senators, rather than the usual 60 votes needed to pass controversial legislation. .
