Senate GOP Rams Through Plan to Cut Out Democrats and Bankroll ICE

Senate Republicans held a budget reconciliation “vote-a-rama” in the wee hours of the night to kickstart their Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol funding process. The controversial move, which wrapped up just after 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, resulted in a 50-48 vote in their favor, with zero Democrats supporting and Senators Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski breaking rank.“We have a multi-step process ahead of us, but at the end Republicans will have helped ensure that America’s border...