House Passes Bill to Fund DHS in 220-207 Vote – Seven Democrats Back Measure, Massie Votes Against! | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila


House Passes Bill to Fund DHS in 220-207 Vote – Seven Democrats Back Measure, Massie Votes Against!

The House of Representatives on Thursday voted 220-207 to pass a Department of Homeland funding bill.

The bill funds the TSA and ICE.

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie voted against the measure.

Seven Democrats, including newly pardoned Rep Cuellar, voted to back the bill:

– Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

– Laura Gillen

– Don Davis

– Jared Golden

– Henry Cuellar

– Tom Suozzi

– Vicente Gonzalez

Fox News reported:

Seven Democrats voted with Republicans on Thursday to pass a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill, despite opposition from their own leadership over unmet demands for additional guardrails on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations.

The DHS bill will be bundled alongside three other spending bills, totaling a combined $1.2 trillion in federal spending. The entire package’s passing is a significant step toward averting a government shutdown come Jan. 30.

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted on two separate packages on Thursday afternoon. One groups together three spending bills to fund the departments of War, Education, Labor, Transportation and Health and Human Services. The second is a standalone bill funding DHS, which includes ICE.

The DHS bill passed by a 220-207 vote with the help of seven Democrats. Only one Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., voted in opposition. The larger package passed with much broader bipartisan support in a 341-88 vote, with 149 Democrats joining Republicans to pass it.

Most Democrats bucked the DHS funding legislation after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and other top Democrats said they were opposed to the bill due to insufficient restrictions against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

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