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House Sends Two-Bill Spending Package to Senate as DHS Funding Stalls

A looming Senate recess plus unresolved immigration-enforcement provisions make a short-term funding patch increasingly likely before the Jan. 30 deadline.

Overview

  • The House approved the minibus 341-79, totaling about $76 billion for State, Treasury, the IRS, the Executive Office of the President, and the federal judiciary.
  • DHS appropriations were pulled after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, prompting progressive vows to oppose enforcement funding without reforms to ICE and CBP.
  • The Senate is advancing a separate three-bill package this week before a weeklong recess, with the House-passed two-bill package expected to wait until senators return.
  • Appropriators and leaders including Tom Cole and John Thune indicated a continuing resolution may be used if negotiators cannot reach a DHS agreement in time.
  • With Wednesday’s vote, the House has cleared eight of the 12 annual spending bills after defeating conservative amendments targeting D.C. courts and the National Endowment for Democracy.