House passes border aid bill despite White House veto threat

[George II]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)The House of Representatives voted by 230-195 on Tuesday to approve $4.5 billion in aid for the growing crisis at the US southern border -- a vote that followed Democratic infighting over the package and a White House veto threat.

House Democratic leaders had worked to quell a progressive rebellion and secured passage after making several updates to the measure in response to concerns within the caucus, but the White House has already said it "strongly opposes" the legislation and it is not clear whether the House and Senate will be able to reach an agreement the President will sign off on.

The Senate has a bipartisan bill that would allocate $4.59 billion for the border crisis and advanced out of the Senate Appropriations Committee on a 30-1 vote last week. But the proposal has significant differences with the House bill, adding to the uncertainty over whether a deal can be reached.

The progressive pushback against the bill was an unexpected wrinkle in the race to get the legislation passed and signed into law before a key agency -- the Office of Refugee Resettlement -- runs out of money at the end of the month.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/25/politics/house-vote-border-funding/index.html

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Only four Democrats voted against the Democratic majority and with the republicans:

Omar
Ocasio-Cortez
Pressley
Tlaib

[crazytown]

1. Stunt dissent

[sheshe2]

2. I am not understanding Omar's dissent.

"Right now, we are not rising to the moment. Children are dying at the hands of our own government," Omar said in a statement explaining her opposition to the bill. "Thousands are being held indefinitely in cages. They're being forced to sleep on the floor, and denied basic necessities like soap and toothpaste."

Yes we know all this. So is it better to do nothing and let more children die ? She was the only one quoted at your link. I sure would like a better explanation for this from her and the rest.

[George II]

3. Right, so here's a Democratic bill that will fund basic necessities like soap and toothpaste....

....and beds, but for some reason a handful of Democrats voted against it. It defies logic and shows no concern for those children.

[sheshe2]

4. Exactly George.

I am horrified by their vote.

[crazytown]

7. ICE

Any bill related to migration must abolish ICE

[George II]

10. So they vote with Gaetz, Meadows, Jordan, et. al.

[crazytown]

11. Got to burn the village in order to save it

Sanders recently voted against the ACA.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. The only logic I can see is dumb logic:

let conditions deteriorate enough to trigger Susan Sarandon's "revolution".

It's a bit like voting for Jill Stein. Vote against it to enhance your "hip, radical chic image".

[still_one]

9. It is their all or nothing bullshit, at the expense of the undocumented folks