{"id":2446993,"date":"2025-06-13T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-outflanks-rand-paul-on-border-funding-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T11:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T15:47:55","slug":"graham-outflanks-rand-paul-on-border-funding-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-outflanks-rand-paul-on-border-funding-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham outflanks Rand Paul on border funding &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgraham-outflanks-rand-paul-on-border-funding-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2446993&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Republicans are grappling with competing proposals for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nrsc-goes-after-democrats-catherine-cortez-masto-mark-kelly-in-new-digital-ads-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"NRSC goes after Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto, Mark Kelly in new digital ads over border crisis\">funding border security<\/a> as part of President Trump&#8217;s ambitious $150 billion plan. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has proposed a framework that allocates tens of billions for initiatives such as wall construction,wich conflicts with a more modest $75 billion plan put forward by Rand Paul (R-KY). Graham, as the Senate Budget Committee Chairman, is determined to support Trump&#8217;s full request, stating his intention to ensure complete funding is achieved. Meanwhile, Paul&#8217;s proposal emphasizes a importent cut to the original funding, sparking tension among GOP members over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hasnt-released-report-to-american-public-on-how-many-illegal-aliens-are-in-u-s-report\/\" title=\"Biden Hasn\u2019t ... Report To American Public On How Many Illegal Aliens Are In U.S.: Report\">border security strategy<\/a> and fiscal conservatism. The divide highlights both the urgency and complexity surrounding immigration reform as lawmakers prepare legislative text that touches on various aspects of border enforcement, including hiring agents and improving detention facilities. As the discussions unfold, Paul&#8217;s insistence on reducing overall spending may face resistance from his colleagues who prioritize Trump&#8217;s full funding vision.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Lindsey Graham outflanks Rand Paul on border funding in Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;big, beautiful bill&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2147458\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Republicans released dueling proposals to fund <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">border security<\/a> in President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s &ldquo;big, beautiful bill,&rdquo; underscoring rare divisions over an issue that broadly unites the party.<\/p>\n<p>In legislative text circulated by the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday night, Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lindsey-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> (R-SC) earmarked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/one_pager_-_generational_investment_in_border_security.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tens of billions<\/a> for border priorities, including wall construction and interior enforcement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3440666\/democrats-shelve-climate-messaging-attack-gop-green-energy-credits\/\">Democrats shelve climate messaging to attack GOP on green energy credits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3440501\/democrats-march-thune-johnson-office-padilla-detained-noem-press-conference\/\">Democrats march to Thune&#8217;s and Johnson&#8217;s offices after Padilla&#8217;s &#8216;brutal handcuffing&#8217; at Noem press conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3440269\/stephen-miller-senate-gop-border-wall-funding-rand-paul\/\">GOP senators snap at Stephen Miller over Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faces-backlash-after-crushing-border-wall-developments\/\" title=\"Biden faces backlash after crushing border wall developments\">border wall funding<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The framework, crafted to meet Trump&rsquo;s $150 billion border request, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >complements legislative text simultaneously released<\/a> by the Judiciary Committee that imposes new fees for asylum and other immigrant applications, but it clashes with a competing proposal released Thursday by Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rand-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rand Paul<\/a> (R-KY), the Senate Homeland Security Committee chairman.<\/p>\n<p>His framework approves $75 billion for border security, a nonstarter for Senate leadership and the White House. Ordinarily, Paul&rsquo;s committee has jurisdiction over the border component, but his insistence on slashing Trump&rsquo;s funding in half prompted Graham to take the dramatic step of trying to outmaneuver him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As Budget Chairman, I will do my best to ensure that the President&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stop-shamelessly-lying-crenshaw-slams-psaki-after-she-says-trump-left-dismantled-and-unworkable-system-on-border\/\" title=\"\u2018Stop Shamelessly Lying\u2019: Crenshaw Slams Psaki After She Says ... Left \u2018Dismantled And Unworkable System\u2019 On Border\">border security plan<\/a> is fully funded because I believe it has been fully justified,&rdquo; Graham said in a statement. &ldquo;I respectfully disagree with Chairman Paul&rsquo;s proposal to cut the Trump plan by more than 50 percent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The text&rsquo;s release follows a heated Thursday briefing on the border money by White House policy adviser Stephen Miller. Paul did not attend, but his scrutiny of the border wall portion of the legislation, set at $46.5 billion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3440269\/stephen-miller-senate-gop-border-wall-funding-rand-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sparked panic<\/a> among fiscal hawks demanding more granular detail to justify the expense.<\/p>\n<p>Paul ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paul.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MDM25B50.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">proposed<\/a> $6.5 billion for wall construction, citing cost estimates that Trump allies say are outdated, though Paul conceded he was likely to be overruled by his conference.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I probably don&rsquo;t have the majority if the caucus doesn&rsquo;t support what I support. So, I understand that &mdash; the majority will get what they want,&rdquo; he told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of border wall funding, Graham&rsquo;s text details $45 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, another $4 billion to hire border agents, and $5 billion to renovate detention facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The Judiciary Committee text, released by Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), provides billions in overlapping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/reconciliation_-_senate_judiciary_title_-_section-by-section.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">appropriations<\/a> for border agencies as well as money to reimburse state and local governments assisting with enforcement efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the legislation reauthorizes a radiation exposure fund that is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3263912\/josh-hawley-fumes-mike-johnson-radiation-exposure-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">priority<\/a> for Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), one of the Republican megabill holdouts.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP flap over border security follows a separate incident with Trump himself. Paul, who is a &ldquo;no&rdquo; vote on the broader tax legislation, claimed his invitation to Thursday&rsquo;s congressional picnic had been withdrawn before Trump personally extended it in a phone call.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3440269\/stephen-miller-senate-gop-border-wall-funding-rand-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GOP SENATORS SNAP AT STEPHEN MILLER OVER TRUMP BORDER WALL FUNDING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul, a fiscal hawk and longtime thorn in Trump&rsquo;s side, insists his vote on the legislation is &ldquo;gettable&rdquo; but won&rsquo;t budge unless a multitrillion-dollar hike in the federal debt ceiling is removed.<\/p>\n<p>His Homeland text would rescind $24 billion in &ldquo;wasteful spending and reforms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2147458\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2147458\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lindsey Graham surpasses Rand Paul on border funding in Trump&#8217;s bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2446994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lindsey-graham-budget-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48775,3803,5894,38952,32076],"class_list":["post-2446993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-border-funding","tag-graham","tag-politics","tag-rand-paul","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lindsey-graham-budget-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446993"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446997,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446993\/revisions\/2446997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2446994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}