The measure put forward by Graham, the Budget Committee chairman, focuses on border security, defense, and energy but leaves taxes for later in the year.

President Donald Trump gave his most emphatic endorsement yet of the House’s strategy of one massive bill to advance his legislative agenda and urged the Senate to pump the brakes on its rival two-bill plan.

President Trump on Wednesday threw his support behind the House GOP’s strategy to pass a single bill that combines his priorities, even as Senate Republicans moved ahead with their own