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Senate Undergoes Vote-A-Rama to Pass Border Megabill

The Senate has kicked off the long, arduous process of debating amendments on a party-line budget bill to provide $70 billion to cover immigration enforcement for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term without any Democrat support.

On Wednesday afternoon, in a party-line vote, the Senate advanced what Republican leadership calls the “Secure America Act.”

The legislative push comes after Democrats refused to provide funding to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection during the longest ever shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

The party demanded restraints on the agencies in exchange for their support.

The bill follows the process of budget reconciliation, which allows for enacting sweeping budgetary changes with a simple majority in the Senate. 

Under this process, a motion to proceed triggers 20 hours of debate, followed by what is colloquially known as a “vote-a-rama,” in which infinite amendments can be introduced.

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