Senate GOP is kickstarting budget reconciliation to fund ICE. Here's how that works.
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After a historic partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, Congressional Republicans are looking to a budgetary tool called reconciliation which could enable them to fund immigration enforcement agencies without any Democratic support.
DHS Shutdown Standoff Continues
- House Republicans grumbling about ‘skinny’ ICE funding package complicates its path The Hill —
- Senate Republicans make moves to fund DHS as shutdown drags on 📹 CBS News —
- Senate passes resolution to begin budget reconciliation to fund DHS UPI —
- US Senate passes $70bn funding plan for ICE, Border Patrol Al Jazeera —
- Senate adopts resolution to fund ICE and CBP in late-night ‘vote-a-rama’ Washington Examiner —