The Senate voted on Friday evening to pass the federal budget, funding everything except for one entity: the Department of Homeland Security, which was given a two-week funding extension in order to negotiate new guardrails around Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). If no agreement is reached, DHS funding will lapse and the department will face a shutdown.
The agreement – the result of frenzied negotiations between a united Senate Democrat caucus, their Republican counterparts, and the White House – passed 71-29. DHS will remain unfunded over the weekend, however, until the House of Representatives reconvenes on Monday to approve th …
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Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/policy/870419/senate-passes-budget-with-two-more-weeks-of-homeland-security-funding
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