U.S. Budget Bills | DHS funding fight

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The Senate voted 71 to 29 to pass the bipartisan spending deal to fund most of the government and keep the Department of Homeland Security running for two weeks while Democrats and President Trump negotiate restrictions on the administration’s immigration crackdown. It still must clear the House before it becomes law.
 
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“… The agreement, the culmination of an intense round of haggling between the White House and Democrats, did not come together in time to avert a brief lapse in federal funding over the weekend, starting on Saturday morning.

… “I’ve never seen a political party take its best issue and turn it into its worst issue in the period of time that it has happened in the last few weeks,” Senator John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, told reporters before the vote on the deal on Friday night.

… With the House unable to pass it before Monday, funding for the Homeland Security Department and an array of others, including the Pentagon and health and transportation programs, was on track to lapse after midnight on Friday. The White House budget office directed affected agencies to carry out plans for an orderly shutdown.…”
 
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House Approves Measure to End Partial Government Shutdown​

Trump signed the bill into law, setting the stage for immigration enforcement talks​


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“… The House voted 217-214 to fund a large portion of the government through the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. The Senate cleared the package last week. Trump, who urged lawmakers to back the deal, signed it into law, restoring funding for agencies that had lapsed Saturday.

… The legislation provides $1.2 trillion spread across five spending bills, including the Pentagon and the Health and Human Services Department. It splits off a sixth measure for the Department of Homeland Security, instead funding it through Feb. 13 at current levels. DHS was separated to allow lawmakers more time to negotiate over possible new restrictions on immigration agents demanded by Democrats….”
 
Chuck Schumer is unfairly maligned.

I honestly can't believe Trump and the Pubs agreed to split off the DHS bill. Now the Dems get a week and a half to tee off on ICE, Noem, Border Patrol, wearing masks, etc. etc.
 
Where are we with ACA subsidies?
I thought there was a promised straight up vote
Or is that ....just.....dead?
 
mpaer said:
Where are we with ACA subsidies?
I thought there was a promised straight up vote
Or is that ....just.....dead?
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It is sorta walking dead — it passed the House but languishes in the Senate, which may never take it up. Basically House GOP gave themselves a pro-ACA vote ahead of Midterms on promise that Thune et al would bury it in the Senate (unless some political crisis forces them to act to try to save their own Senate majority, which they have not has yet perceived to be necessary). If the Senate takes it up, it will likely be a sign they have genuine worries about losing a Senate battle stacked in their favor (based on seats up for election).
 
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