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Senate spending deal runs into ‘hotline’ headwinds
['Jacob Fulton', 'Aidan Quigley', 'Aris Folley', 'Posted January', 'At', 'Updated At']
Roll Call
Exuberance over a bipartisan deal struck Thursday afternoon to punt final decisions on Homeland Security funding and pass the rest of this year’s spending bills gave way to the realities of Senate procedure later in the evening.
Graham was visibly upset about full-year Homeland Security funding falling by the wayside, at least for now, and the treatment of immigration enforcement officers he said were being “demonized” for the actions of a few.
“It’s much deeper than that.”House leaders had inserted that repeal provision just before passing the full-year Homeland Security bill last week.
Even if lawmakers send the funding package to Trump’s desk, the underlying issue of potential Homeland Security policy changes remains.
Forging a final compromise on a full-year Homeland Security bill would still be no easy task.