Senate Republicans pushed ahead late Tuesday on a scaled-back budget bill, a $340 billion package to give the Trump administration money for mass deportations and other priorities, as Democrats prepare a counter-campaign against the onslaught of actions coming from the White House.

Senate Republicans pushed ahead late on Tuesday on a scaled-back budget bill, a USD 340 billion package to give the Trump administration money for mass deportations and other priorities, as Democrats prepare a counter-campaign against the onslaught of actions coming from the White House.

House Republican leaders are doubling down on their one-bill plan to pass President Trump’s legislative agenda, after the Senate announced that it will move forward with its contrasting blueprint

The Senate maneuvered past a procedural hurdle on its preferred Trump budget bill after leapfrogging the House Republicans, who were expected to take the lead on the process.

U.S. Senate Republicans aim to vote this week on their own plan to advance President Donald Trump's agenda on border security, immigration, fossil fuel production and defense, pushing ahead of a rival Republican blueprint in the House of Representatives.

The Senate GOP on Tuesday officially teed up a vote on its budget resolution for later this week in a bid to enact a portion of President Trump’s agenda. Senators voted 50-47 to kick off consideration of the budget resolution,

The Senate took its first procedural step Tuesday on a budget blueprint that would pave the way for a filibuster-proof border security, defense and energy package, a key part of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.