Senate Passes Budget To Fund ICE, Border Patrol – Here Are The Republicans Who Voted Against It
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Senate Republicans passed a $70 billion budget resolution last night.
The resolution funds ICE and Border Patrol through the end of Trump’s term.
It was approved by a vote of 50-48.
Senate Republicans voted early Thursday to adopt a $70 billion budget resolution to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol through the remainder of President Trump’s term in the latest attempt to fully reopen the Department of Homeland Security.
The framework, approved 50-48, now heads to the House as part of a grinding, weeks-long process by which Republicans can fund both agencies without Democratic support.
“We have a multistep process ahead of us, but at the end Republicans will have helped ensure that America’s borders are secure and prevented Democrats from defunding these important agencies,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) after his colleagues adopted the final resolution at 3:30 a.m.
DHS has been partially shut down since Feb. 14 as Democrats have demanded policy changes in the wake of fatal shootings of two protesters by federal agents in Minnesota.
GOP Senators Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski voted against the bill.
It still passed due to a process called budget reconciliation. This means only a simple majority is needed to pass the bill.
Senators voted 50-48 to adopt the budget resolution at around 3:30 a.m. with GOP Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, joining all Democrats in voting against the measure.
The budget reconciliation process allows Republicans to pass the measure through a simple majority and circumvent the Democratic filibuster, but it is more complex and allows Democrats to force a series of amendment votes.
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The Senate also rejected an effort by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) to add portion of the SAVE America Act—the Trump-backed proof of citizenship voting bill—but this was also rejected with Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voting against it.
