The US Senate has passed a $70 billion funding bill for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, intended to cover operations for the next three years. The legislation faced significant debate and delays due to an unrelated $1.8 billion "anti-weaponisation" settlement fund, which some lawmakers sought to ban. Despite efforts from both parties to amend the bill to prohibit this fund, these attempts ultimately failed, allowing the core ICE funding to pass with a near party-line vote. AI
RANK_REASON Passage of a major funding bill for a significant government agency after contentious debate. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=2 ai=0.0]
- Donald Trump
- John Thune
- Todd Blanche
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- US Senate
- Bill Cassidy
- Dan Sullivan
- Jon Husted
- Lisa Murkowski
- Michael Bennet
- Thom Tillis
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