Senate Advances Massive Border Funding Plan. Will It Survive?
Speaker Johnson faces the challenge of uniting a thin House majority around the Senate's proposed funding resolution.
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Speaker Johnson faces the challenge of uniting a thin House majority around the Senate's proposed funding resolution.
Senate Republicans advanced a budget resolution to bypass Democrats and fund border security via reconciliation, setting up a clash with House hardliners over the bill's scope.
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Right-leaning outlets like The Daily Signal frame Speaker Johnson’s strategy as a necessary effort to ensure immigration enforcement agencies are not "orphaned" during the DHS shutdown. Conversely, left-leaning Raw Story highlights internal GOP friction, reporting on conflicting accounts between Johnson and Senate leadership regarding the funding plan. Center sources such as WTOP News focus on the mechanics of Johnson’s "sequencing" approach to prioritize ICE and Border Patrol before broader department funding.
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