The Hill
The House on Tuesday advanced a nearly $70 billion budget reconciliation package that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol.
The lower chamber approved a rule 213-211 that tees up debate and a final vote on the GOP measure.
The rule briefly appeared in trouble as Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas), policy chair of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, and Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) voted “no.” A number of other hardliners, including members of the House Freedom Caucus also had not voted.
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