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Fragile relationship with House GOP has Senate Republicans warning ‘something needs to change’
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Senate Republicans are taking stock of their relationship with the House GOP as they gear up for another key test of their unity across chambers.
Dysfunction, miscommunications and wasted time have dotted the last few months of Republicans’ control of Congress, particularly during the longest government shutdown on record.
Republicans in the upper chamber aren’t singling out others in the House who should bear responsibility, but they do agree that something needs to change as they plow forward to fund immigration operations for the next few years.
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Senate Republicans have grown frustrated with their counterparts in the House over the sluggish pace of legislation. Some argue it’s a communication breakdown among leadership, others put the blame on just how different the two chambers are. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
«I think we all need to get in a room and figure out what’s our plan,» Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., told Fox News Digital. «And how are we going to get things done for the American people? That has to be the goal, and right now something needs to change.»
Republicans are readying to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol for the next three and a half years through budget reconciliation, which will require near-perfect unanimity in both chambers to work, given that Democrats are getting cut out of the process.
But divisions between the chambers were laid bare during the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, when House Republicans, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., refused to consider the Senate’s compromise plan to reopen the agency.
That decision prolonged the shutdown for nearly a month, and spurred the necessity to turn to reconciliation. It also fostered frustration between the Senate and House at a time when leadership and President Donald Trump are calling for unity.
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Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., attends a Senate hearing in the U.S. Capitol. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Both Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., have thin majorities to work with — Johnson more so than Thune. That reality isn’t something that’s lost on Senate Republicans, particularly on legislation that Democrats won’t support, and is so far preventing the knives from coming out in the upper chamber.
«I mean, I think we understand the challenges that Mike has over there. He’s not king. He’s the speaker of the House,» Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Fox News Digital. »And their margin of error is less than ours, proportionately. So I can’t imagine. I think he’s doing the very best he can.»
Some Republicans argue that it’s more of a communication issue between the chambers than unfettered dysfunction in the House.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital he didn’t buy the «whole House’s dysfunction» argument, and instead said it was incumbent on senators to make more of an effort.
«I think we have to take a little bit of ownership ourselves here in the Senate, and that’s certainly not [just] the leadership, but all of us,» Moreno said. «Because when we’re working on bills, we should have total, complete synchronicity with the House.»
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Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters after voting at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2026. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
House Republicans, for example, contended that they were blindsided by the Senate deal to reopen the bulk of DHS earlier this year that carved out funding for ICE and Border Patrol.
«We’ve got to be able to make sure we’re communicating better and working through the issues,» Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital. «The House isn’t our enemy. We gotta be able to resolve all the issues on a piece of legislation. We have differences of opinion. OK, let’s work them out.»
The issue of communication is one that, since Republicans took control of both chambers last year, was largely handled by DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, the former GOP senator who acted as a de facto liaison between both chambers for major legislative pushes.
When asked if Republicans needed a Mullin 2.0, Lankford said that the main points of communication fell on Thune and Johnson.
And Thune has not been quick to criticize Johnson or House Republicans publicly and noted that the nature of both chambers and how they operate would lead to issues along the way.
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«We obviously have a 60-vote threshold,» Thune said. »We need Democrats. You know, he doesn’t need Democrats, but he needs every Republican, and that’s a real challenge on a good day. And, you know, sometimes there aren’t a lot of good days around here.»
Conversely, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., argued that despite the issues, if Democrats were in control of the chambers, Americans would have been hit with the largest tax hike in decades had Republicans not mustered a unified front to pass Trump’s «big, beautiful bill.»
«All of that would have been in the opposite if the Democrats had been in the majority and been able to do what they wanted to do to raise taxes,» Barrasso told Fox News Digital.
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Guatemala lanza el Fondo de Protección y Recuperación de Bosques (Fobosques) con un presupuesto de 40 millones de quetzales para financiar proyectos de reforestación y manejo forestal a partir de mayo de 2026.
El nuevo mecanismo, administrado por el Crédito Hipotecario Nacional junto al Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (MARN), busca acelerar el camino hacia la deforestación neta cero y permitiría una restauración activa de los ecosistemas nacionales, como informó la ministra Patricia Orantes desde los canales oficiales del ministerio.
La ministra Orantes explicó en un video institucional que, a diferencia de la situación en 1975, cuando dos terceras partes del territorio nacional estaban cubiertas por bosque, Guatemala conserva hoy únicamente la tercera parte de sus bosques originales.
Más de la mitad de esta superficie restante se localiza en áreas protegidas; el resto está en manos de comunidades locales. Orantes puntualizó: “Hace cincuenta años, Guatemala tenía dos terceras partes de su territorio cubierto de bosque. De aquel entonces para acá hemos perdido la mitad. Hoy solo tenemos un tercio y de ese tercio, poco más de la mitad está adentro de áreas protegidas”.
La convocatoria para acceder a fondos del programa Fobosques estará disponible del 11 al 29 de mayo de 2026, de acuerdo con el MARN. Las organizaciones, fundaciones y asociaciones con experiencia comprobada en gestión forestal podrán presentar propuestas de proyectos de protección, restauración y manejo, tanto en áreas protegidas como fuera de ellas.
Los proyectos seleccionados tendrán acceso a entre 2 y 8 millones de quetzales para ejecutarse en plazos de uno a tres años. El Viceministerio de Recursos Naturales y Cambio Climático regulará la distribución de fondos, exigiendo que las intervenciones cumplan con los criterios técnicos y eviten superposiciones con otros incentivos, conforme al ordenamiento territorial vigente.
Solo las propuestas centradas en el uso de especies nativas serán elegibles, en línea con la estrategia nacional de reconstrucción de la biodiversidad forestal. Orantes indicó: “El fondo solamente, exclusivamente apoyará el uso de especies nativas, que son la clave para volver a reconstruir nuestra biodiversidad boscosa”.
Guatemala se reconoce como el país americano con mayor densidad de coníferas, superando a México, Estados Unidos, Canadá y Brasil, puntualizó la titular del MARN. Esta diversidad se refleja en más de veinte tipos de bosques distribuidos en territorio guatemalteco: “Tenemos más de veinte tipos de bosque, el de hoja ancha, con los de Petén, Alta Verapaz e Izabal, los del bosque de manglar, los bosques nubosos, los del Quetzal, los bosques secos y espinosos, los bosques de pino. Y es que vean, somos el país de América con mayor densidad de coníferas o pinos, muy por arriba de México, Estados Unidos, Canadá y Brasil”.
Según el Decreto Número 3-2026 del Congreso de la República y el reglamento sancionado por Orantes el 27 de abril, los 40 millones de quetzales del fondo constituyen la partida anual inicial para garantizar la consolidación de resultados. El objetivo explícito es avanzar hacia la tasa de deforestación neta cero, una meta nacional consensuada entre el MARN y sus oficinas técnicas.
Las entidades adjudicatarias deberán demostrar experiencia en gestión forestal y ejecutar sus proyectos en áreas definidas como prioritarias por el viceministerio correspondiente, evitando duplicidades con otros incentivos vigentes.
El enfoque beneficiará principalmente a organizaciones sin fines de lucro con capacidad verificada para intervenir grandes extensiones de bosque natural y garantizar una gestión sostenida por varios años, conforme a los lineamientos del MARN.
La ministra Orantes resumió el sentido de la convocatoria con una frase en náhuatl: “Vamos a recuperar Coactemallan, tierra de bosques”. Guatemala —históricamente nombrada de ese modo, remarcó la funcionaria— aspira a posicionarse como un referente regional en reforestación y restauración ecológica, apoyando una política pública que prioriza la integridad de los ecosistemas nativos y el liderazgo comunitario en la gestión sostenible de los bosques.
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Pete Hegseth faces Congress over Pentagon’s unprecedented $1.5 trillion budget as Democrats vow to block it
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The Pentagon’s massive $1.5 trillion budget request will face its first test Tuesday as House lawmakers quiz Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth about the proposal in a high-stakes hearing.
Democrats and some Republicans have raised concerns about the unprecedented size of the request, which would increase defense funding by nearly 50% from 2026 levels while making cuts to domestic spending.
The Trump administration argues the jump in defense spending is necessary to counter threats from geopolitical adversaries and advance the president’s priorities, including replenishing weapons stockpiles and expanding the defense industrial base.
Hegseth is also expected to face questions on the administration’s military strategy toward Iran as peace talks remain stalled between Washington and Tehran. Trump said Monday that the ceasefire with Iran is «on life support» during a news conference in the Oval Office.
President Donald Trump said Monday that the ceasefire with Iran is «on life support» as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively shuttered. (U.S. Navy via Getty Images; Salwan Georges/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine and Pentagon comptroller Jules Hurst will testify alongside Hegseth at the House Appropriations Committee hearing.
The anticipated testimony follows back-to-back congressional hearings the trio participated in April, during which Hegseth repeatedly clashed with Democrats over the U.S. military campaign against Iran.
«The biggest challenge, the biggest adversary we face at this point are the reckless, feckless, and defeatist words of congressional Democrats and some Republicans,» Hegseth told lawmakers.
Hurst testified to Congress in April that the Iran war has cost $25 billion so far, mostly for munitions, though multiple reports say the total could be far higher. The Department of War is expected to seek a defense supplemental request following the conclusion of the conflict, which could be much larger in scope.
«It’s shocking how deep we have gone into these magazines,» Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., said on CBS News’ «Face the Nation» on Sunday. «Because this president got our country into this without a strategic goal, without a plan, without a timeline, and because of that, we’ve expended a lot of munitions, and that means the American people are less safe.»
Hegseth accused the Arizona Democrat of divulging classified information and pledged to have the Pentagon’s legal counsel review his remarks.
«Did he violate his oath…again?» Hegseth wrote on social media, referring to his attempts to sanction Kelly, a Navy veteran, for advising troops to ignore illegal orders last year.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer, arrive at the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2027 budget request in the Rayburn Building on April 29, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.)
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The Pentagon’s budget request is expected to face an uphill battle with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Democrats vowing to ensure it «never passes.» Any defense spending bill would require some Democratic votes to pass the Senate due to the upper chamber’s 60-vote legislative filibuster.
Kelly has slammed the fiscal year 2027 budget request as «outrageous» and called on the administration to submit a new budget that «makes sense for the moment we’re in.»
«When I got to the Senate five and a half years ago, the defense budget was just over $700 billion,» Kelly told CBS News’ «Face the Nation» on Sunday. «Now, they’re asking for twice as much money. It’s nearly the amount that the rest of the world pays for its defense.»
The Pentagon’s request would allocate more than $65 billion for the Navy’s «Golden Fleet» initiative and nearly $20 billion for Trump’s Golden Dome air defense shield. The administration also proposes spending billions on the next-generation F-47 Air Force fighter jet and unmanned weapons systems.
On the non-defense side, the administration’s budget request would slash funding for the State Department and international programs by a third and the Environmental Protection Agency by 50%, among other agencies.
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks to members of the media outside federal court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg)
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At least one pressure point that Hegseth faced over Ukraine in April is off the table.
The Pentagon chief announced in late April that the administration released $400 million in Ukraine money that Congress approved in 2025. Hegseth was grilled about the delay in transferring aid to the country during his appearance before the House Armed Services Committee in April.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of War for comment.
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