Senate Republicans passed a $70 billion legislation to fund agencies overseeing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown for the next three years, after circumventing a bipartisan push to make additions to the bill that would have permanently blocked Trump’s controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks from the chamber to his office at the Capitol in Washington.
The legislation to keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol funded for the rest of Trump’s term, passed 52-47 shortly before 5 a.m Friday.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was the only GOP senator who voted no.
The bill was passed through a budget reconciliation process, which allowed Republicans to circumvent the Democratic filibuster while allowing Democrats to force a series of amendment votes.
