Senate GOP Plows Ahead With Budget Plan After Trump Backs Rival House Version

The Senate plans to pass a budget resolution that would entail two reconciliation bills. President Donald Trump, by contrast, says he wants only one bill.

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) joins Senate Judiciary ranking member Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for a news conference on the Biden administration's "abuse of the immigration parole system" at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 17, 2024. Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP

WASHINGTON—The Republican Conference of the U.S. Senate will proceed with its own budget plan to fund President Donald Trump’s policy initiatives, even after Trump himself rejected the plan on Feb. 19.

To fund many of Trump’s administrative and financial plans—such as constructing a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, removing all illegal immigrants from the United States, and extending provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017—Congress must enact new laws that authorize funding.