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The Senate voted 50-48 early Thursday to approve a budget plan to fund immigration enforcement agencies, the first in a multistep plan to bowl over a Democrat blockade that has kept much of the Homeland Security Department shuttered for weeks.
The bill will fund Homeland's immigration enforcement for the remainder of Trump's presidency, taking the issue off the table for Democrats.
After a five-hour, rapid-fire voting round that stretched into the wee hours of the morning, only Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska broke from their party, giving the GOP enough votes to advance the budget resolution to the House.
The House must first approve the blueprint before the final funding bill for all of Homeland Security can be considered in a process known as budget reconciliation that allows passage of the legislation without any Democrat support.
President Donald Trump has temporarily arranged for key Homeland employees to be paid but set a June 1 deadline for Congress to solve the Democrat blockade.
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The bill will fund Homeland's immigration enforcement for the remainder of Trump's presidency, taking the issue off the table for Democrats.
After a five-hour, rapid-fire voting round that stretched into the wee hours of the morning, only Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska broke from their party, giving the GOP enough votes to advance the budget resolution to the House.
The House must first approve the blueprint before the final funding bill for all of Homeland Security can be considered in a process known as budget reconciliation that allows passage of the legislation without any Democrat support.
President Donald Trump has temporarily arranged for key Homeland employees to be paid but set a June 1 deadline for Congress to solve the Democrat blockade.
Senate approves budget plan to fund immigration enforcement, bowling over Democrat blockade
President Donald Trump has temporarily arranged for key Homeland Security employees to be paid but set a June 1 deadline for Congress to solve the Democrat blockade.
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