House rejects Senate’s no-ICE DHS bill, passes short term plan for full funding
The 60-day stopgap bill in the House passed with a vote of 213 to 203.
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The 60-day stopgap bill in the House passed with a vote of 213 to 203.
Late on Friday evening, the House passed a 60-day stopgap funding bill to float cash to all of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and rejected a proposed deal that was passed in the Senate early on Friday morning. The move is likely to extend the shutdown of DHS, as Senators were seen at various airports getting out of DC on Friday night.
The deal from the Senate was passed after 42 days of a partial government shutdown, as Democrats refused to fund all of DHS, taking issue with funds going to ICE in particular. Democratic lawmakers were also aiming to get changes in policy for ICE. The 60-day stopgap bill in the House passed with a vote of 213 to 203. All Republicans and three moderate Democrats voted in favor.
Although the Senate bill did not have funding for ICE or some parts of Customs and Border Patrol, the deal that was unanimously passed in the chamber did not have the policy changes pushed by the Democrats. After it arrived to the House side of Congress, the deal was rejected, and the House GOP leadership proposed a 60-day stopgap bill that would fund all of DHS for the next two months.
The move is likely to extend the shutdown, as any bill to fund DHS would have to be passed in both chambers of Congress before going to President Donald Trump's desk. The Senate bill as well as the 60-day stopgap bill both cannot move forward as Congress goes into Easter Recess. This means TSA and other employees in agencies under DHS may have to continue to work without payment.
Pictures and videos of Senate lawmakers leaving town went viral on Friday as they were at airports or on planes. Meanwhile, there is no apparent plan to pass a funding package for the next two weeks during Easter Recess.
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As the partial shutdown has gone on, TSA lines at airports were in chaos, so much so that President Donald Trump sent in ICE agents to help with security. The president has also pledged that TSA will be getting paid despite the shutdown taking place.
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