<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The GOP-led Senate moved early Thursday morning to pass a budget plan that would provide funding for the Department of Homeland Security and allocate another $70 billion for immigration enforcement for the remainder of President Trump&#8217;s time in office.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The proposal </span><a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/votes_new.htm"><span style="font-weight: 400;">passed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the closely divided chamber 50-48, with Republicans backing the measure and Democrats voting in opposition. Republicans said that the measure, which now goes to the House, would help to secure the border. The passage means the resolution moves forward toward the reconciliation process, meaning Republicans can pass a funding bill without having to get past the filibuster.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We have a multistep process ahead of us, but at the end, Republicans will have helped ensure that America’s borders are secure and prevented Democrats from defunding these important agencies,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-ND).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) criticized Democrats for blocking funding for the Department of Homeland Security 16 times. The department has been defunded since February 14, 2026.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Democrats are playing to the most radical members of their party.  Through their actions, Democrats are putting the safety and security of our nation behind the safety and security of their own political careers,” he said from the Senate floor.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Democrats tried to add a number of amendments to the proposal that they claimed would address the cost of housing, childcare, and health care.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Instead of pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into ICE and Border Patrol, Republicans should be working with Democrats to lower out-of-pocket costs,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A number of Republican-backed amendments also fell short after Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sided with Democrats. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Those senators voted against a proposal from Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;One recent study found that in three years alone, Planned Parenthood got a billion and a half dollars from Medicaid and Medicare.  Money to be used on these risky surgeries and [transgender] procedures for our children. This is wrong,” Hawley said. “This is a terrible misuse of federal funds, and we should put a stop to it today.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mitch McConnel (R-KY), Murkowski, and Collins and also <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00096.htm">voted</a> with Democrats to block an effort from Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) to attach the SAVE Act, which would require photo ID to vote in federal elections, to the proposal. </span></p>

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