The measure put forward by Graham, the Budget Committee chairman, focuses on border security, defense, and energy but leaves taxes for later in the year.

President Donald Trump stunned GOP senators Wednesday when he embraced House Speaker Mike Johnson’s behemoth one-bill approach to tackling his key priorities. “I didn’t see that one coming,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune conceded.

The president is now betting on a highly dysfunctional, fractured House of Representatives and a weakened Speaker Johnson to get his legislative