Senate Republicans believe they’ve made progress on a deal to overcome the Department of Homeland Security funding impasse after a White House meeting on Monday.
Sen. Steve Daines, one of several lawmakers who attended, told NOTUS the session with President Donald Trump, border czar Tom Homan and newly confirmed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was “very productive” and nearly two hours long.
Daines said Republicans would be working on a “framework with our Democratic colleagues” addressing funding for the agency and “getting that deal done this week, and then a subsequent reconciliation bill where we will have components of the SAVE Act in that as well.”