Overview

• Senate Republicans held a tense closed-door briefing where fiscal hawks pressured Stephen Miller for a detailed cost breakdown of the $150 billion border security request
• Sen. Rand Paul pledged to vote against any package containing the White House’s full border funding and has proposed halving the allocation to roughly $75 billion
• Sen. Lindsey Graham unveiled a Senate bill that mirrors the administration’s plan, including $46.5 billion for wall construction and backing the full funding request
• The broader "Big Beautiful Bill" also includes tax cuts and debt ceiling adjustments and is projected by the CBO to add about $3 trillion to the deficit over a decade
• Senate Republicans are pursuing the measure through budget reconciliation, but intraparty divisions leave its final passage uncertain