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Senate votes to kickstart partisan funding process for ICE. Here's how that works. (www.npr.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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After a marathon vote-a-rama that dragged from Wednesday night into the early hours Thursday, the Senate adopted a GOP budget blueprint to provide roughly $70 billion to fund immigration enforcement agencies through President Trump's term.

This comes as the Department of Homeland Security has faced a record-breaking partial shutdown, after Senate Democrats refused to fund the department unless major policy changes to immigration enforcement were made, following the deaths of two U.S. citizens at the hands of federal agents earlier this year.

Because compromise between the two parties is off the table, Senate Republicans are turning to a budget tool called reconciliation, which would enable them to fund immigration enforcement agencies without the need for Democratic support. It's a lengthy and arduous process. ...

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Ultimately, Senate Republicans ultimately adopted the plan with a 50-48 vote. GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rand Paul of Kentucky joined Democrats in voting against the measure. Two senators were absent for personal reasons.

The resolution would authorize the Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees to draft legislation that would increase the deficit by up to $70 billion each. A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said the final price tag is expected to be $70 billion total. That figure is expected to fund the agencies for 3.5 years.

The budget measure now heads to the House of Representatives, which must also adopt the resolution before committees can draft the actual legislation.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20260423143433/https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/g-s1-118330/congress-dhs-spending-reconciliation

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago

"We're going to send federal agents to execute American citizens whether you like it or not."

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago

Senate Republicans are turning to a budget tool called reconciliation

They're burning the one bill a year they can pass with 50 votes.

[–] Dragomus@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

Let's not call it the regime's private army ....

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In a 52 to 46 vote along party lines, Republicans approved a motion to proceed to the measure, which was released earlier in the day. The vote needed only 51 votes to succeed.

Republicans passed this. NPR, you're shit.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-republicans-budget-resolution-reconciliation-ice-cbp-dhs/ (sorry about the source, it's the only one I could find that mentions the count.)

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Senate Republicans ultimately adopted the plan with a 50-48 vote

It literally says this, why are you shitting on NPR for something they didn't even do? It even says it's a GOP plan in the first fucking paragraph. Then, on top of that, you link to billionaire owned corporate media like it's better?

Your response seems totally ridiculous unless I'm misunderstanding something here...

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

It didn't say the vote earlier, maybe they updated it? Also, you're not wrong in that my response probably seems over the top. The reason being, I look at the news every single work day and post stuff. Their headlines are crap and their content is borderline. To see it sink this far with 3 windows you need to collapse to see anything is disheartening. I'm somewhat grumpy about it.