US Senate Dems to force votes on rising costs, immigration crackdown in marathon session
Schumer said Democrats would use amendment votes to spotlight differences over living costs and immigration enforcement.
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Schumer said Democrats would use amendment votes to spotlight differences over living costs and immigration enforcement.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats will use amendment votes on the Republican budget resolution to highlight cost-of-living issues and immigration enforcement. Several Democratic senators criticized the proposed funding, while President Donald Trump urged Republicans to oppose their amendments.
Senate minority leader leading Democrats’ plan to use amendment votes on the budget resolution
Senator criticizing the proposed immigration-enforcement funding and naming alternative uses for it
Klobuchar's version of this story ↗Senator criticizing Republicans’ use of reconciliation to fund immigration enforcement rather than address living costs
Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member criticizing the proposed immigration-enforcement funding
President urging Republicans to oppose Democratic amendments in a social media post
Former Homeland Security secretary referenced in Klobuchar’s account of a prior Judiciary hearing
Outlets report that Senate Republicans are pursuing a budget resolution for immigration-enforcement funding and that Schumer-led Democrats are using or planning amendment votes to highlight living costs and challenge the spending. Schumer also criticized the plan’s priorities and operational restraints. Left-leaning outlets emphasize Democrats’ cost-of-living contrast with enforcement spending; Common Dreams also describes the proposal as deficit-increasing and lacking oversight. Center outlets mostly present Schumer’s amendment-vote strategy as a way to spotlight affordability amid the funding debate, while Reuters also reports the plan poised to advance and Schumer’s objection to operational restraints.
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