Senate Republicans are aiming to adopt a budget resolution by Thursday as the first step toward providing roughly $70 billion for immigration enforcement through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term.
The Senate kicked off a marathon voting session, known as a “vote-a-rama,” Wednesday evening that was expected to run into early Thursday. Adoption of a budget resolution would lay the groundwork for passing a filibuster-proof reconciliation bill for immigration funding that could steamroll past Democratic opposition and help end a record-breaking partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
But the process is sure to be a slog, as Democrats look to force a series of votes on potentially politically tough amendments that range from immigration enforcement restrictions to economic matters that the party hopes to highlight in the run-up to the November midterm elections.
