House Passes Shutdown-Ending Package
Same show, different day.
The House of Representatives passed a Senate-modified spending package to reopen the government by a 217-214 margin Tuesday.
Beyond helping end a short-lived shutdown, the vote sets the stage for a congressional debate on immigration policy and law enforcement.
Since Saturday, the federal government’s discretionary spending authority has expired for key agencies.
Senate Democrats and Republicans crafted a deal on Friday to fund the State Department and financial regulators, as well as agencies overseeing war, education, labor, health, and housing.
However, the Senate funding deal, which passed by a 71-29 vote, punted on the issue of immigration by providing a short two-week funding extension to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Democrats are demanding legislative restrictions on immigration law enforcement amid uproar over the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Some House Republicans called to amend the bill with conservative policy riders. In response, Trump said on social media on Monday there could be “NO CHANGES at this time” to this bill.
Republican Grumblings
Some House Republicans on Tuesday morning grumbled about the Senate’s package and the decision to punt on DHS.
“The Senate should have passed what we sent them,” Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told The Daily Signal. “Unfortunately, they’re trying to use this [immigration] as a political football to score points.”
Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.V., who sits on the House appropriations committee, rejected the idea that the DHS bill—which came out of bipartisan negotiations—should be negotiated any further.
“Look, this is a negotiated bill already,” Moore told The Daily Signal. “This is all political. This doesn’t have anything to do with policy.”
Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich., a freshman from a battleground district, accepted that the House had to compromise with the Senate.
“It obviously wasn’t our preferred choice of things, but we’re not the only chamber in the capitol,” Barrett told The Daily Signal of the Senate’s re-negotiated package. “I’m going to support this effort to get as much of the government funded fully as we can and work on the rest of it as we go.”
The Great Immigration Debate
Now, Congress will head into negotiations over immigration policy, with only ten days before homeland security funding dries up.
Democrats have requested a prohibition on agents wearing masks, as well as a requirement of judicial warrants to carry out deportations and the use of body-worn cameras.
“These are common-sense reforms, ones that Americans know and expect from law enforcement,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. said last week. “If Republicans refuse to support them, they are choosing chaos over order.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., however, has said this discussion must involve conservatives receiving concessions, as well.
“Any conversation … has to include a discussion of how to make it safer for our federal law enforcement agents to effectively carry out their duties,” Thune said Monday.
Barrett told The Daily Signal that President Donald Trump’s involvement in negotiations gave him faith about the …
Same show, different day.
The House of Representatives passed a Senate-modified spending package to reopen the government by a 217-214 margin Tuesday.
Beyond helping end a short-lived shutdown, the vote sets the stage for a congressional debate on immigration policy and law enforcement.
Since Saturday, the federal government’s discretionary spending authority has expired for key agencies.
Senate Democrats and Republicans crafted a deal on Friday to fund the State Department and financial regulators, as well as agencies overseeing war, education, labor, health, and housing.
However, the Senate funding deal, which passed by a 71-29 vote, punted on the issue of immigration by providing a short two-week funding extension to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Democrats are demanding legislative restrictions on immigration law enforcement amid uproar over the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Some House Republicans called to amend the bill with conservative policy riders. In response, Trump said on social media on Monday there could be “NO CHANGES at this time” to this bill.
Republican Grumblings
Some House Republicans on Tuesday morning grumbled about the Senate’s package and the decision to punt on DHS.
“The Senate should have passed what we sent them,” Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told The Daily Signal. “Unfortunately, they’re trying to use this [immigration] as a political football to score points.”
Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.V., who sits on the House appropriations committee, rejected the idea that the DHS bill—which came out of bipartisan negotiations—should be negotiated any further.
“Look, this is a negotiated bill already,” Moore told The Daily Signal. “This is all political. This doesn’t have anything to do with policy.”
Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich., a freshman from a battleground district, accepted that the House had to compromise with the Senate.
“It obviously wasn’t our preferred choice of things, but we’re not the only chamber in the capitol,” Barrett told The Daily Signal of the Senate’s re-negotiated package. “I’m going to support this effort to get as much of the government funded fully as we can and work on the rest of it as we go.”
The Great Immigration Debate
Now, Congress will head into negotiations over immigration policy, with only ten days before homeland security funding dries up.
Democrats have requested a prohibition on agents wearing masks, as well as a requirement of judicial warrants to carry out deportations and the use of body-worn cameras.
“These are common-sense reforms, ones that Americans know and expect from law enforcement,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. said last week. “If Republicans refuse to support them, they are choosing chaos over order.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., however, has said this discussion must involve conservatives receiving concessions, as well.
“Any conversation … has to include a discussion of how to make it safer for our federal law enforcement agents to effectively carry out their duties,” Thune said Monday.
Barrett told The Daily Signal that President Donald Trump’s involvement in negotiations gave him faith about the …
House Passes Shutdown-Ending Package
Same show, different day.
The House of Representatives passed a Senate-modified spending package to reopen the government by a 217-214 margin Tuesday.
Beyond helping end a short-lived shutdown, the vote sets the stage for a congressional debate on immigration policy and law enforcement.
Since Saturday, the federal government’s discretionary spending authority has expired for key agencies.
Senate Democrats and Republicans crafted a deal on Friday to fund the State Department and financial regulators, as well as agencies overseeing war, education, labor, health, and housing.
However, the Senate funding deal, which passed by a 71-29 vote, punted on the issue of immigration by providing a short two-week funding extension to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Democrats are demanding legislative restrictions on immigration law enforcement amid uproar over the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Some House Republicans called to amend the bill with conservative policy riders. In response, Trump said on social media on Monday there could be “NO CHANGES at this time” to this bill.
Republican Grumblings
Some House Republicans on Tuesday morning grumbled about the Senate’s package and the decision to punt on DHS.
“The Senate should have passed what we sent them,” Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told The Daily Signal. “Unfortunately, they’re trying to use this [immigration] as a political football to score points.”
Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.V., who sits on the House appropriations committee, rejected the idea that the DHS bill—which came out of bipartisan negotiations—should be negotiated any further.
“Look, this is a negotiated bill already,” Moore told The Daily Signal. “This is all political. This doesn’t have anything to do with policy.”
Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich., a freshman from a battleground district, accepted that the House had to compromise with the Senate.
“It obviously wasn’t our preferred choice of things, but we’re not the only chamber in the capitol,” Barrett told The Daily Signal of the Senate’s re-negotiated package. “I’m going to support this effort to get as much of the government funded fully as we can and work on the rest of it as we go.”
The Great Immigration Debate
Now, Congress will head into negotiations over immigration policy, with only ten days before homeland security funding dries up.
Democrats have requested a prohibition on agents wearing masks, as well as a requirement of judicial warrants to carry out deportations and the use of body-worn cameras.
“These are common-sense reforms, ones that Americans know and expect from law enforcement,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. said last week. “If Republicans refuse to support them, they are choosing chaos over order.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., however, has said this discussion must involve conservatives receiving concessions, as well.
“Any conversation … has to include a discussion of how to make it safer for our federal law enforcement agents to effectively carry out their duties,” Thune said Monday.
Barrett told The Daily Signal that President Donald Trump’s involvement in negotiations gave him faith about the …
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