The bill includes more than $140 billion in spending on the Trump administration's plan to crack down on illegal immigration. That includes $50 billion for completing the wall on the southern border, $45 billion for detention centers, $8 billion to hire more immigration officers, and $14 billion for deportations.

Negotiations are slogging along and it’s not at all clear the package has the support needed from the House’s slim Republican majority.

The ambitious deadline set by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to pass the “one big beautiful” reconciliation bill by Memorial Day is up against the reality that House Republicans haven’t locked in the votes.

The GOP tax bill could boost the highest-earning Americans' incomes while hurting low earners, according to findings from nonpartisan research groups.

Gov. Ned Lamont and other top Connecticut Democrats are negotiating a budget bill knowing they may have to make major changes depending what Congress does next.

The Republicans are looking to pass a single reconciliation bill that would push through a number of President Donald Trump's major policie

The approval on May 18 advances the measure toward possible passage in the House of Representatives later this week.

House Republican leaders are still trying to resolve major internal battles over President Donald Trump’s massive domestic policy bill even as Speaker Mike Johnson is engaged in last-ditch negotiations to win over GOP members’ conflicting demands before an expected floor vote later this week.

Deficit hawks who had blocked the measure two days earlier are still dissatisfied and want steeper spending cuts.