US Senate Dems to force votes on rising costs, immigration crackdown in marathon session
Schumer said Democrats would use amendment votes to highlight their differences with Republicans on costs and immigration enforcement.
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Schumer said Democrats would use amendment votes to highlight their differences with Republicans on costs and immigration enforcement.
Senate Democrats say they will use amendment votes on a Republican budget resolution to highlight differences over living costs and immigration enforcement funding. President Donald Trump urged Republicans to oppose the amendments.
Senate minority leader leading Democrats' planned amendment-vote strategy
Senator arguing the proposed funding could address other needs and that immigration agents need limits
Klobuchar's version of this story ↗Senator criticizing Republicans' use of reconciliation for immigration enforcement funding
Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member criticizing the proposed immigration enforcement funding
President who urged Republicans to oppose Democratic amendments
Former DHS secretary referenced in Klobuchar's account of a Judiciary Committee 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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