Trump Border Wall Spending Slammed by Top GOP Homeland Senators

The Trump administration is facing pushback on one area of reconciliation thought to be the least contentious among Republicans: border security.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and former chairman Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Tuesday slammed the Department of Homeland Security for seeking $46.5 billion for border wall construction through reconciliation, a total the House Homeland Security Committee approved last month.

The details of the reconciliation package have been in limbo this week as House Republicans spar over thornier issues, including Medicaid spending and state and local tax deductions. The border funding concerns from fiscal hawks ...