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.

S.D., has come out in support of a Senate GOP effort to move out in front of their House colleagues on the crucial budget reconciliation process.

GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Tuesday moved to push House Republicans aside and take the lead on President Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill package on border security, energy and defense. While House Republicans were out of town on recess,