House Advances $75B ICE Funding; Gas Tops $4 as Iran Standoff Drives Costs

House GOP Passes Blueprint to Fund ICE

House Republicans passed a budget blueprint Wednesday to begin unlocking federal funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on day 74 of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, before leaving Washington for a two-week recess. The chamber voted 215-211 to adopt the measure after a vote held open for more than five hours while Republican leadership scrambled to secure enough support. Rep. Kevin Kiley of California, a former Republican …

House adopts blueprint to fund ICE on day 74 of DHS shutdown after dramatic 5-hour struggle

House Republicans barely squeaked through a budget blueprint to unlock over $70 billion in future funding for immigration enforcement after a dramatic explosion of tensions that kept the vote open for over five hours.

House advances $75B ICE funding; Gas tops $4 as Iran standoff drives costs

A late-night standoff and a breakthrough. House Republicans push through a budget move that could unlock up to $75 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Plus, gas prices top $4 and keep climbing. The Iran standoff is tightening supply and hitting drivers where it hurts. And a selfie taken just minutes before the chaos. New filings reveal what the suspected gunman did before rushing the White House Correspondents’ dinner. These s…

Republicans unlock filibuster-skirting power to pump billions of dollars to ICE

Republicans Advance New 'Slush Fund' for ICE While Taking Food Aid From Millions

"They don’t need more funding," one Democratic lawmaker said of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, "they need to be disbanded."

Republicans Advance $70 Billion Multi-Year ICE Funding Plan to End DHS Shutdown, Bypassing Democrats

by Rich Mitchell at CDN - Congressional Republicans are moving aggressively to lock in billions of dollars in long-term funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), using a partisan budget maneuver to sidestep Democratic demands for stricter oversight of the agencies amid an ongoing partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The … Click to read the rest HERE-> Republicans…