US Senate Dems to force votes on rising costs, immigration crackdown in marathon session
Klobuchar listed alternative uses for the proposed funding and said federal immigration agents need limits.
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Klobuchar listed alternative uses for the proposed funding and said federal immigration agents need limits.
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.
Senator arguing the proposed funding could address other needs and that immigration agents need limits
Senate minority leader leading Democrats' planned amendment-vote strategy
Schumer'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
The reports say Senate Democrats plan amendment votes on a Republican budget resolution to spotlight living costs and proposed immigration-enforcement funding. Klobuchar points to other uses for the money and a need for limits on immigration agents. The articles tell the story similarly, centering Democrats’ planned amendments and their arguments about living costs and immigration enforcement. They vary in the alternative uses of the funding they describe and in the details they provide about the Republican response.
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