{"id":50174,"date":"2026-04-30T02:59:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/50174\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:59:25","slug":"house-gop-advances-70-billion-in-ice-and-cbp-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/50174\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP advances $70 billion in ICE and CBP funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

House<\/a> Republicans advanced a narrow party-line spending bill on Wednesday to fund border enforcement despite many Republicans<\/a> hoping for broader measures that could boost their chances in the 2026 midterm elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bill passed the House, 215-211, with no Republicans joining almost every single Democrat in opposition, and Rep. Kevin Kiley<\/a> (I-CA) voting \u201cpresent.\u201d GOP leadership held the vote open for over five hours, as they navigated demands from Republican<\/a> hardliners and farm<\/a> bill advocates.<\/p>\n

Passing the bill kick-starts a monthlong sprint to craft a funding deal providing up to $70 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its sister agency, Border Patrol. President Donald Trump has said he wants the measure on his desk by June 1.<\/p>\n

GOP lawmakers will pass the legislation using a process known as budget reconciliation. The parliamentary procedure allows tax and spending measures to skirt the Senate\u2019s 60-vote filibuster threshold. Given Democratic opposition to funding ICE, budget reconciliation was the only path forward. <\/p>\n

House Republicans originally were split<\/a> on the resolution, as many were hoping for a larger bill. While Johnson has pledged there will be a third reconciliation bill to encompass the midterm priorities, optimism has faded amid slim margins and the approaching November elections.<\/p>\n

MARK WAYNE MULLIN WADES INTO HOUSE-SENATE FIGHT OVER DHS FUNDING<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting work on a reconciliation bill is also likely to unlock sufficient support within the House for ending the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pledged to pass the Senate deal that would fund all of DHS aside from ICE and CBP once there was movement on reconciliation within the Senate. <\/p>\n

The move could not come soon enough, according to Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullin. The DHS chief has warned that his department will run out of emergency funding<\/a> next week, adding another layer of pressure for swift passage of the Senate DHS deal and budget resolution. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"House Republicans advanced a narrow party-line spending bill on Wednesday to fund border enforcement despite many Republicans hoping…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[143],"tags":[4567,490,491,492,478,5233],"class_list":["post-50174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mike-johnson","tag-customs-and-border-protection","tag-department-of-homeland-security","tag-house-of-representatives","tag-ice","tag-mike-johnson","tag-reconciliation"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116491423752244404","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}