The Senate is diving into a contentious late-night — or all-night — debate on a budget plan critical to Republican efforts to pass trillions of dollars in tax cuts and boost border security ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate dived into contentious debate Friday on a budget plan critical to Republican efforts to pass trillions of dollars in tax cuts and boost border security and defense ...

Charles Tiefer covers Congress, the Pentagon and procurement. The Senate will shortly come, relatively quietly, to a momentous and hazardous action. Above and beyond the tentative budget outline ...