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The move, however, is all but certain to prolong the six-week partial government shutdown . Getty ImagesThree Democrats voted with Republicans in support of the measure. Sixteen members did not vote, 8 Republicans and 8 Democrats.
The Senate version – put forward by Senate Majority Leader John Thune and approved via unanimous consent at around 3 a.m. Friday – was supported by House Democrats but denounced by House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans for the “zero” dollars for“This bill absolutely defunds the police,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said of the Senate bill on the House floor. Billions of dollars in funding for ICE and CBP were already secured last summer in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Senate Republicans were hopeful additional funds for ICE and CBP could be passed through the reconciliation process – which would require a simple majority rather than 60 votes – in the near future. Nathan Posner/Shutterstock “Well, it wasn’t good. It wasn’t appropriate,” the president said in an interview with Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich. “You can’t have a bill that’s not going to fund – in my opinion, you can’t have a bill that’s not going to fund ICE. You can’t have a bill that’s not going to fund any form of law enforcement, of which ICE is a big form, and so is Border Patrol,” Trump continued. Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries described the House GOP’s stopgap measure as “partisan political stunt … masquerading as legitimate legislation.” “If Speaker Johnson would just put the damn bill on the floor of the House for an up or down vote we all know it would pass,” Rep. Jim McGovern fumed on the House floor. Senators also skipped town Friday, beginning a two-week recess. The House speaker noted in an interview with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade that the continuing resolution could be passed via unanimous consent in the Senate as early as Monday, during a pro forma session. “If no one objects then it automatically happens,” Johnson explained. “They don’t even have to fly back in town to do that.” However, the House speaker acknowledged that all it would take for the gambit to be defeated is for one senator in the chamber to object. Senate Democrats have held up DHS funding for 42 days in protest of the ICE and Customs and Border Protection-involved fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota earlier this year.on Friday authorizing DHS to pay TSA workers amid the shutdown, which is expected to alleviate some of the long security lines at airports.Gang-rape victim Noelia Castillo, who died of euthanasia, had heartbreaking final words for family before she diedSee AllStream It Or Skip It: 'Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole' On Netflix, Where A Troubled Detective Tracks Down A Serial Killer Who Is Terrorizing Oslo
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