Senate OKs $70B immigration bill after rejecting efforts to permanently ban Trump's settlement fund
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The Senate has passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies, sending it to the House.

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/47682783

Senators voted 52-47 to pass the $70 billion legislation to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for the next three years, through the end of Trump’s term, after Democrats blocked the money for months. The bill will now head to the House, which is expected to take it up next week.

The final vote came just before 5 a.m., after Republicans narrowly defeated multiple attempts by members of both parties to add language to the bill that would permanently ban Trump’s settlement fund for allies who believe they’ve been politically persecuted.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    Senate Republicans used a complicated procedural maneuver to get around the filibuster and pass the budget legislation with no Democratic votes. But it took weeks to get the bill to the Senate floor as Republicans navigated various obstacles to passage created by Trump and the White House — including a $1 billion proposal for White House security and Trump’s ballroom that they eventually scrapped and the fierce bipartisan backlash to the settlement fund.

    I knew it was the Democrats fault!

    See, all you people who voted screwed up by choosing someone you wanted to represent you!