Trump IS trying to muscle things thru…..
While the package is expected to get bipartisan support on final passage, Republicans will have to clear the package on a procedural rule vote on Tuesday — which are typically party-line votes that are tests of the majority’s control of the floor.
In the razor-thing GOP majorty — which was made smaller with the swearing in of Democratic Rep. Christian Menefee (Texas) on Monday evening — Republicans can afford to lose no more than one defection on any party line vote, assuming all members are present and voting……
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But in a good sign for the funding package’s prospects of success on Tuesday, Luna told reporters that after meeting with President Trump at the White House Monday and getting encouragement about ways to move the SAVE Act in the Senate, she would vote for the rule on the funding package.
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), a member who is often a key GOP holdout on various party-line measures, articulated the frustration that some Republicans have about the Senate agreeing to split off the DHS funding bill, casting doubt about the prospects of fruitful negotiation on immigration enforcement.
“Homland Security is more than just ICE. They want to dismantle ICE. It’s not going to happen. There is a strong contingency and growing — the minute they start all these outlandish demands — it’s not going to happen,” Norman said during a hearing on the bill on Monday.
“I will reluctantly vote the rule and give them a stupid ten days, and let’s see how that plays out. It’s going to get shut down. Let ‘em bear the consequences.”
A few House GOP members told The Hill on Monday night that they had not yet decided how they would vote on extending funding…….
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