Senate passes $70 billion immigration enforcement funding package
"Thank you supporters of President Trump for keeping up the pressure," says Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate.
The Senate early Friday passed a $70 billion package to fund immigration enforcement agencies through the remainder of President Trump's term, after pulling an all-nighter.
The measure now heads to the House, which already left town for the weekend and is not expected to take up the bill until early next week.
The Senate's 52-47 vote to pass the bill came after a roughly 19-hour "vote-a-rama" in which senators could offer unlimited motions or amendments related to the bill - a quirk of the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process.
The extended floor action came with several politically charged votes, including several failed proposals to legislatively nix the Justice Department's $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, block taxpayer funding for the new White House ballroom, remove William J. Pulte as acting director of National Intelligence and redirect funds toward affordable housing programs.