'After consulting with President Trump and his team and Leader Thune, the Senate Budget Committee will expeditiously move toward creating a second budget reconciliation bill.'
The Senate Budget Committee will expeditiously move toward creating a second budget reconciliation bill.
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the Senate Budget Committee will expeditiously move toward creating a second budget reconciliation bill.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who leads the Senate Budget Committee, released the 58-page budget resolution Tuesday morning, saying in a statement that Republicans are "moving forward — not backward — on rational immigration policies that secure our border." ... "Republicans are doing something that must be done quickly, and that our Democrat colleagues are trying to prevent us from doing. That something is simple: fully fund Border Patrol and ICE at a time of great threat to the United States," Graham said.
The FY 2026 budget resolution will be the blueprint that unlocks the pathway for a targeted reconciliation bill that will provide funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
I will work with my fellow Republican committee members to meet your request to have reconciliation done by June 1, fully funding ICE and Border Patrol.
The Senate [Budget] Committee will expeditiously move toward creating a second budget reconciliation bill, Graham, R-S.C., wrote on X Wednesday morning. After consulting with @POTUS and his team and @LeaderJohnThune , the Senate @BudgetGOP Committee will expeditiously move toward creating a second budget reconciliation bill.
"After consulting with President Trump and his team and Leader Thune, the Senate Budget Committee will expeditiously move toward creating a second budget reconciliation bill," Graham said.
Republicans will push a second reconciliation bill this year with the intent of boosting funds for defense and federal law enforcement, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham announced today.
The Budget Committee “will expeditiously move toward creating a second budget reconciliation bill,” Graham said.
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.
This resolution will instruct the Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees to create a reconciliation bill that fully funds Border Patrol and ICE for 3.5 years.
Evidence
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today made this statement in consultation with the White House regarding a second reconciliation bill. “After consulting with President Trump and his team and Leader Thune, the Senate Budget Committee will expeditiously move toward creating a second budget reconciliation bill.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today made this statement following President Trump’s request for Congress to pass a second reconciliation bill by June 1 to fully fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). “Mr. President, as Senate Budget Committee Chairman, I will work with my fellow Republican committee members to meet your request to have reconciliation done by June 1, fully funding ICE and Border Patrol.
The President's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Proposal Full Committee Hearing April 16, 2026
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.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said Wednesday his panel will start work on a second reconciliation package after consulting with President Donald Trump and Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.).
Republicans will push a second reconciliation bill this year with the intent of boosting funds for defense and federal law enforcement, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham announced today.
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, announced on March 25 that the committee will move forward with creating a second budget reconciliation bill after discussions with President Trump and other leaders.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says a party-line budget bill could enact major conservative legislative goals, from funding the Department of Homeland Security to requiring photo identification in elections.
Chairman Graham Introduces Targeted FY26 Budget Resolution To Unlock Legislation To Keep Border Secure
The Senate advanced a budget resolution on Tuesday in the first step toward funding immigration agencies under the Department of Homeland Security without help from Democrats.
Senate Republicans are aiming to adopt a budget resolution by Thursday as the first step toward providing roughly $70 billion for immigration enforcement through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term.
Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the below statement following the Senate Republicans’ release of a fiscal year 2026 budget resolution to tee up the passage of a second reconciliation bill that would throw up to $140 billion at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee Lindsey Graham (R-SC) today introduced the fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget resolution. The budget resolution, as introduced by the Budget Committee Chairman, does not provide reconciliation instructions to the tax-writing committees.
"After consulting with President Trump and his team and Leader Thune, the Senate Budget Committee will expeditiously move toward creating a second budget reconciliation bill."
"Mr. President, as Senate Budget Committee Chairman, I will work with my fellow Republican committee members to meet your request to have reconciliation done by June 1, fully funding ICE and Border Patrol."
"Today introduced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget resolution." The release says the budget resolution "will be the blueprint that unlocks the pathway for a targeted reconciliation bill" and "will instruct the Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees to create a reconciliation bill."
The committee homepage highlighted "Chairman Graham Statement on the Senate Adopting the FY26 Budget Resolution" and listed "04.21.26 Chairman Graham Introduces Targeted FY26 Budget Resolution To Unlock Legislation To Keep Border Secure."
"Executive Business Meeting to report the Reconciliation Bill Pursuant to S.Con.Res.33" dated May 20, 2026. The committee homepage also still lists "Chairman Graham Statement on the Senate Adopting the FY26 Budget Resolution" and the April 21, 2026 budget-resolution item tied to unlocking legislation to keep the border secure.
Mr. GRAHAM submitted S. CON. RES. 33, the Senate concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2026, with Title II labeled "Reconciliation in the House of Representatives" and "Reconciliation in the Senate" and a reserve fund for reconciliation legislation.
At the May 20 executive business meeting, the agenda said the committee would "report the Reconciliation Bill Pursuant to S.Con.Res.33," showing formal committee action toward the second reconciliation effort.
The committee homepage lists Graham items dated 06.05.26 and 06.04.26 on Senate passage and vote-a-rama for the Secure America Act, alongside the May 20 reconciliation hearing.
On June 10, AP reported Trump "signed a nearly $70 billion immigration enforcement package into law" after House and Senate passage, confirming the reconciliation effort was completed.
The Guardian reported that Trump signed the Secure America Act on June 10, 2026, after House passage; the Senate had approved it the prior week.
The White House said the Secure America Act fully funds ICE and Border Patrol through President Trump's term and noted Senate passage the prior week, with House action as the final hurdle.
The Senate Budget Committee homepage listed Graham items dated 06.09.26 on House passage of the Secure America Act and 06.05.26 on Senate passage.
The legislative text states that Mr. Graham, from the Senate Budget Committee, reported an original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33, cited as the Secure America Act.
The Senate Budget Committee agenda for May 20, 2026 said the meeting was to report the Reconciliation Bill pursuant to S. Con. Res. 33.
The Congressional Record shows Mr. Graham submitted S. Con. Res. 33, a FY2026 budget resolution with Title II labeled Reconciliation and sections for reconciliation in both chambers.
Assessments
Graham promised that, as Senate Budget Committee chairman, the committee would move expeditiously toward creating a second reconciliation bill. The evidence shows prompt same-term action: he introduced the FY2026 budget resolution on April 21, 2026 to unlock reconciliation instructions, the Budget Committee scheduled and reported the reconciliation bill on May 20, 2026, and the Secure America Act subsequently advanced through the Senate and House in early June. Because the promise was about moving the Budget Committee process toward creating the bill, these chairman-led committee actions satisfy the commitment.
Graham’s promise was about the Senate Budget Committee moving quickly toward a second reconciliation bill, not necessarily just final enactment. As Budget Committee chairman, he publicly committed on March 25 and April 1, 2026 to advance that process, then formally introduced the FY2026 budget resolution on April 21 with reconciliation instructions, and the committee reported the reconciliation bill on May 20. Later evidence that the package passed the Senate and was signed on June 10 further confirms the committee did in fact move expeditiously toward creating the second reconciliation bill. Because Graham directly led the relevant committee action while in office, this counts as full delivery in the same term.
As Senate Budget Committee Chairman Graham publicly pledged to "expeditiously move toward" a second reconciliation bill and then took formal procedural steps: he introduced the FY2026 budget resolution (S.Con.Res.33) that included reconciliation instructions/reserve funds and the Committee proceeded to report a reconciliation bill (executive business meeting to report pursuant to S.Con.Res.33, May 20, 2026). Those actions show the Committee moved from intent to concrete committee-level action during his term, satisfying the claim.
The promise was procedural: as Senate Budget Committee chair, Graham said the committee would expeditiously move toward creating a second budget reconciliation bill. In the same term, he publicly initiated that process, introduced the FY2026 budget resolution designed to unlock reconciliation instructions, and the Senate advanced/adopted the budget-resolution step that tees up the second reconciliation effort. Because the promised action was movement toward creation rather than final enactment of the reconciliation bill, these committee and Senate actions satisfy the claim.
Multiple credible sources report that Senator Lindsey Graham, as Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, initiated and actively moved forward with efforts to create a second budget reconciliation bill. Official announcements, press releases, and news coverage confirm the introduction of an FY 2026 budget resolution aimed at proceeding toward a second reconciliation bill, including steps such as advancing a budget resolution and scheduling relevant hearings. However, the available evidence does not confirm that the second reconciliation bill was fully created or enacted, only that the committee moved toward doing so and took substantive legislative steps as promised.
Multiple sources confirm public announcements, plans, and commitments by Senator Graham, as Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, to move forward expeditiously with creating a second budget reconciliation bill. Several explicit statements and press releases indicate clear intent, support, and early committee action toward this aim during the same Senate term. However, no evidence demonstrates that the committee actually completed, reported, or passed a second reconciliation bill. Therefore, significant and credible effort was made, but the full delivery of the promised outcome—actual creation and advancement of a reconciliation bill—is not confirmed.