The Senate will vote to approve the House written spending several agencies and departments, BUT?
Will allow the Homeland Budget to contiune , as is, for another 2 weeks while the House written fundinmg bill will be further ‘negocated’ adding limitations and addtional procedures and rules for ICE , Customs Border patrol and Immigration Polict in general….
The American Congress up to now HAS relied on the President to almost excsifly run and make Immigtaion policy…
A lot of that policy has come from civil court cases, some of which Trump & Co. have ignored…
Senate Democratic Leader Schumer vows that if there is no ‘deal’ on changes?
He will seek to ‘let funding lapse for the Homeland Dept.’…..
THAT is not something you’d bet on…
The White House and Senate Democrats reached a deal Thursday to separate the fight over ICE funding from the threat of a broader government shutdown, sources told Axios.
Why it matters: The deal doesn’t promise Democrats the changes they want, but it would avoid disruptions to other government services while giving negotiators more time…..
- If negotiators fail to reach a deal over ICE and Homeland Security, funding will also cease for the Coast Guard, TSA and FEMA.
Driving the news: As part of the deal, senators will seek to pass the broader, non-DHS government funding package Thursday to avoid a shutdown at the end of the day Friday.
- Lawmakers will also pass a stopgap measure to continue current funding for DHS for two weeks, during which time negotiations will continue over Democrats’ demands for changes at the department.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has said he’s willing to let DHS funding lapse in two weeks if the talks don’t result in changes Democrats want.
- Those demands include barring federal agents from wearing masks and requiring that they wear body cameras, along with a ban on roving patrols and tighter use of warrants.
Zoom out: Senate Democrats pledged this week to block government funding if the White House did not agree to reforms at DHS after federal agents killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday….
Update….
The Senate is on track to pass a government funding package Friday afternoon after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told colleagues that he will release his hold on the massive spending bill if he gets a vote on legislation to crack down on sanctuary cities.
Graham brought the funding package, which includes five regular appropriations bills and a two-week stopgap funding measure for the Department of Homeland Security, to a griding halt Thursday evening, just a day before the shutdown deadline….
More…….
The proposal still needs to be approved by the House, which is convening its Rules Committee on Sunday to speed the bill through the lower chamber and get it to President Trump’s desk.
This IS a Prime example of why the 60 vote majority isn’t going anywhere from the US Senate….
Update….
The Senate Passes its version of the 2026 Spending for most of the Federal Government….
The House can vote on the bill on Monday….
The agencies and Dept’s would have a One Day lapse in their budget if the House Ok’s things on Monday….
The Homeland Spending would be extended for 2 weeks while Democrats and some Republicans work to limit some of the DHS actions and take back some of $190B Congress gave Homeland in the last budget vote…..
…
The Senate passed a bill Friday to fund most of the federal government and buy more time to debate new accountability measures for immigration agents, but many agencies will still shutter this weekend.
The vote was 71-29. Five Republicans and 23 Democrats voted against the bill, as did Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vermont), an independent who caucuses with Democrats…
More…