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Senate Begins Debate on Immigration Agency Funding Bill

So far three center and right-leaning outlets have covered this. No left-leaning outlet has picked it up yet.

Lead article · New Haven Register · CENTERSenate will begin voting on funding immigration enforcement after Trump's settlement fund is dropped
Image · New Haven Register
OUTLETS
33 RATED
ARTICLES
31 COPY
SPAN
4HOURS
AVG CRED
77HIGH
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN3 RATED
People · 1 MEMBER

Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them

Counted by outlet.

GOODMIXEDINFORMATIONALBAD
R · SD · MAJORITY LEADER

Thune said Republicans’ immediate goal was to pass the bill and that they needed to keep their votes together.

VOTED YEA · #136NAMED BY 3 OF 3
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
◇ SPLITACROSS 2 OUTLETSCenter outlets: split across 2 outlets (1 mixed · 1 informational).
RIGHT
◆ MIXED1 OF 1 OUTLETRight-leaning outlets: mixed, 1 of 1 outlet.
The record

What Congress actually did

FACTS FROM THE SENATE RECORD AND CONGRESS.GOV, NOT FROM COVERAGE

THE VOTE · ROLL CALL #136WED JUN 3 · 2:59 PM

Motion to proceed to the Secure America Act

QUESTION · ON THE MOTION TO PROCEED S. 2
PASSED53–461 NOT VOTING
50 NEEDED · MAJORITY
53 YEA · 3 TO SPARE46 NAY
READ THIS RIGHT

A yes only lets the Senate take up the measure. It is not a vote to pass it. LEARN →

DEM0 Y · 44 N · 1 NV
REP53 Y · 0 N · 0 NV
IND0 Y · 2 N · 0 NV
EACH SENATOR YEA NAY NV
THUNE · YEA
VOTE DETAILS→
THE BILL · S. 2

Secure America Act

Federal agencies carry out border screening, immigration enforcement, and investigations of cross-border crime. The law provides $70 billion through FY2029 for DHS, CBP, and ICE activities. It funds immigration enforcement as well as border technology, drug detection, and investigations that include work to identify victims of child exploitation.

Lindsey GrahamFORMER U.S. SENATOR (R-SC)SPONSOR
  1. IntroducedMAY 20 · SENATE
  2. Senate test voteTHIS STORYJUN 3 · 53–46
  3. Passed SenateJUN 5 · 52–47
  4. House passageJUN 9 · 214–212
  5. Signed into lawJUN 10 · P.L. 119-98
Timeline · 4 HOURS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER 6 HOURS · VOTE WED 2:59 PM
LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT: NO COVERAGE YET

When each side picked it up. center: 2 articles, first wed 2:49 pm. right-leaning: 1 article, first wed 6:49 pm.

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