U.S. Budget & OBBB | Senate passes deal, off to the House

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“… The Department of Homeland Security funding bill — which would allocate $64.4 billion to it, including $10 billion for ICE — was approved 220-207, with seven Democrats joining all but one Republican in voting yes.

Lawmakers also approved three other bills to fund the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and Education, by a wider bipartisan margin of 341-88.…”
 

The Senate passed a bipartisan spending package 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. The agreement is the culmination of an intense round of haggling between White House officials and members of Congress. It did not come together in time to avert a brief lapse in federal funding over the weekend, starting on Saturday morning. The House still must clear it for Mr. Trump’s signature, but members are not expected to return to Washington before Monday
 
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