U.S. Senate votes to advance $70 billion funding plan for ICE, Border Patrol
U.S. Senate votes to advance $70 billion funding plan for ICE, Border Patrol
U.S. Senate votes to advance $70 billion funding plan for ICE, Border Patrol
U.S. Senate Republicans voted on Thursday to advance a $70 billion plan to fund the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agencies.
cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/45411652
If adopted by the House, the resolution will allow congressional committees to begin filling in the details on how the $70 billion would be spent in separate legislation that President Donald Trump would have to sign into law. The new funding would be expected to run through Trump's presidency, which ends in January 2029.
With Democrats adamantly opposed to the funding initiative, Republicans plan to employ a rarely used procedure known as budget reconciliation in the separate legislation, which allows some budget-related bills to bypass Democratic opposition in the Senate.
Such measures require only a simple majority for passage in the 100-member chamber, instead of the usual supermajority of 60 votes or more. Republicans hold a 53-47 seat majority.