Senate Republicans advanced one half of their partisan bill giving $72 billion to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda on Tuesday.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced its title of the bill by a party-line vote of 8-5, moving it toward a floor vote later in the week.
Republicans are aiming to clear the bill by the end of the week to get the measure to Trump’s desk by his June 1 deadline. They’re still negotiating on funds to secure the White House ballroom, which the Senate rulekeeper flagged in their original text as ineligible for the ...