Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) sent his members home last Thursday, abandoning plans to vote on a $72 billion budget reconciliation bill primarily aimed at instituting mandatory spending on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Border Patrol. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made the same call to send the House home shortly after.
The two-week delay will force lawmakers to split their time between advancing next year’s appropriations bills and addressing current funding gaps for ICE and Border Patrol. It could also hinder plans for a third GOP-only reconciliation bill later in the year. House Republicans had aimed to push a third package before the August recess to enact remaining fiscal priorities that they couldn’t get in the previous two partisan bills.
Committee Activity This Week
The House and Senate are in recess this week.
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