The Senate voted on Friday afternoon to avert a government shutdown while also passing a stopgap measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security as Democrats and Republicans negotiate guardrails for immigration enforcement agencies.
The Senate voted 71-29 to pass five of the major funding bills in a package known as a minibus. Those bills will fund the Departments of Education, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Defense, Labor and Transportation.
In addition, the legislation includes a two-week stopgap to fund the Department of Homeland Security as the Senate begins negotiations to enact guardrails for the department.
Now comes the hard part. In these two weeks, Democrats and Republicans will try to come to some agreement to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
Democrats have momentum at their back after the killing of Renee Good by an ICE official and the killing of Alex Pretti by CBP officials.
But with only 47 seats, they need to get at least 13 Republicans on board for any legislation in the Senate. And finding enough Republicans who will not wince at reining in ICE on the House side will be even tougher.
Keep in mind, even without appropriations, ICE already received $75 billion in mandatory spending outside of appropriations last year, thanks to the One Big, Beautiful Bill Republicans passed along party lines.
During the amendment process during the Friday vote, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proposed an amendment that would have rolled back the $75 billion for ICE. Every Democrat voted for the legislation.
In a sign of how difficult reining in ICE will be, the amendment failed and only two Republicans voted for the amendment: moderate Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine.
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