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The Senate Budget Committee released its FY 2027 budget resolution last Tuesday.  The measure instructs the Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees to separately report changes to laws within their jurisdiction that increase the deficit by up to $70 billion over ten years. The instructed committees are expected to implement the reconciliation instructions by funding ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the remainder of President Trump’s term.

If the House can pass an identical budget resolution, the instructed committees will begin drafting legislation. If the House passes a budget resolution that differs in any way, the Senate might have to embark on another round of debate and vote-a-rama.

  Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republican leadership plan to release a framework this week for a third reconciliation bill, hoping that they can keep the 2.0 bill very skinny by showing their commitment to enact additional partisan tax and spending provisions later this year.