Lawmakers work to close deal on humanitarian funding package to address migrant crisis, with House Democrats appearing to acknowledge their efforts to strengthen protections for migrant children while restricting ICE funding may not yield a victory.
Lawmakers on Thursday were working to close a deal on a humanitarian funding package to address the migrant crisis on the border, with House Democrats appearing to acknowledge that their efforts to strengthen protections for migrant children while restricting funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement may not yield a legislative victory.
Pelosi spoke to Vice President Mike Pence for nearly an hour starting at 11:20 a.m. and was briefing her leadership on the discussion Thursday afternoon, according to a senior Democratic leadership aide. As she left the House chamber and walked back to her office, Thursday morning, ABC News asked her about McConnell's floor speech Thursday morning, in which he threatening to kill the Democrats’ amendment.
"If House Democrats send the Senate back some partisan effort to disrupt our bipartisan progress, we will simply move to table it," McConnell promised."We already have our compromise. The Shelby-Leahy Senate bill is the only game in town. It’s time to make it law."
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