The House and Senate reconvene this week after a weeklong Memorial Day recess with a lot on their plate as the November election looms.Immediately upon returning, the Senate will take up a postponed vote on a $70 billion party-line immigration bill after an uproar from Republicans over the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund and money for White House security upgrades.The scheduling shift came despite a June 1 deadline from President Donald Trump to get the legislation across the finish line.
While there were enough reservations to hold off voting in the Senate, House GOP lawmakers were just as concerned about the fund. Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA), who caucuses with Republicans, told the Washington Examiner he did not want to see the fund move forward. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said the fund was “not right.”
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While both chambers will be working quickly to get the party-line bill to the president’s desk, there is another deadline quickly approaching: the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Both FISA and the funding bill have widened the split between the House and Senate.
The House passed the Senate’s 45-day clean extension of FISA last month. Yet, negotiations are ongoing for what a longer extension would entail.
