"Washington - The U.S. House cleared a government funding package Tuesday, sending the legislation to President Donald Trump, who is expected to quickly sign it and end the partial shutdown that began this past weekend. The 217-214 vote followed a tumultuous couple of weeks on Capitol Hill after the package stalled in the Senate. Democrats demanded additional restraints on immigration enforcement in reaction to the shooting death of a second U.S. citizen in Minneapolis."
"Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said during a morning press conference he wants negotiations to address local and state governments that don't cooperate with federal immigration enforcement activities, often called sanctuary cities. "What must be a part of that discussion is the participation of blue cities in federal immigration enforcement," he said. "You can't go to a sanctuary city and pretend like the law doesn't apply there. It does and so we are going to be working through all that.""
"Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., ultimately agreed to pull the full-year appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security and replace it with a two-week stopgap measure. That is supposed to give leaders in Congress and the administration a bit of time to find consensus on changes to how immigration officers operate. The deal - a major concession from Democrats - funds DHS and its immigration-related agencies for another two weeks."
The House approved a government funding package by a 217-214 vote and sent it to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it, ending a partial shutdown that began over the weekend. The vote followed a Senate stalemate and Democratic demands for additional restraints on immigration enforcement after the shooting death of a second U.S. citizen in Minneapolis. Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to replace a full-year DHS appropriations bill with a two-week stopgap to allow time for negotiations. Speaker Mike Johnson emphasized pressing cooperation from sanctuary cities and opposed a warrant requirement for detentions.
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