Graham Questions Biden OMB Director Nominee on Immigration and Minimum Wage Increase
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today questioned Ms. Neera Tanden, President Biden’s nominee to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). IMMIGRATION: GRAHAM: “Here’s what’s happened, thus far in the first three weeks of the [Biden Administration]. We stopped building the wall. We’ve halted deportations. We canceled […]
Tanden Opening Statement
Graham ‘Remain in Mexico’ Amendment to Senate Budget Resolution Defeated
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s (R-South Carolina) amendment to the Senate budget resolution calling for strengthening and protecting the ‘Remain in Mexico’ program was defeated by a vote of 50-50. The ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy was adopted by former President Trump and has proven to be successful in taking pressure off our southern border. Before […]
Graham Addresses Budget Resolution Ahead of Vote-A-Rama
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) discussed the Senate Budget Resolution ahead of a series of amendment votes. GRAHAM: “Most small businesses in South Carolina and throughout the country have been struggling to stay open due to lack of travel, due to mandates at the state and local level reducing […]
ICYMI: Graham to Democrats on Budget Resolution: “If You’re Looking for Unity, This is a Lousy Way to Get It”
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, incoming Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) reacted to the Democrats’ budget resolution on the Senate floor. On Congress and the Administration working together on COVID relief: GRAHAM: “Here’s what I want the American people to know. We’ve done a lot together [already]. And of the $4 trillion we’ve appropriated, to […]
Budget Resolution Report
Budget Resolution Section by Section
Budget Resolution Text
Incoming Chairman Sanders Introduces Budget Resolution
WASHINGTON, February 2 — Today, incoming Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a budget resolution that the Senate will be debating this week to enable Congress to fast track President Biden’s $1.9 trillion emergency COVID-relief through reconciliation with 51 votes. Read the report here. Read the section-by-section here. Read the text of the resolution here.