Despite President Donald Trump urging the Senate to follow the House’s lead and deliver “one big beautiful” budget bill, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told Newsmax on Wednesday that the Senate is trying to “prioritize things” and break the legislation into several parts.

Appearing on “Newsline,” Johnson, who is on the Senate Budget Committee and Homeland Security Committee, said that “we’re certainly taking the path of trying to keep it simple. What the House is trying to do, and I applaud their efforts, is very complex, which means it is going to be very difficult to pass. What we are trying to do is prioritize things.”

The senator added that “we don’t want to let this thing get bogged down, so we want to provide the funding for the border.”

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