Senate OKs bipartisan bill to fund care for migrants

Senate OKs bipartisan bill to fund care for migrants

Senate OKs bipartisan bill to fund care for migrants

By / Politics / Wednesday, 26 June 2019 22:58

The GOP-held Senate on Wednesday passed a bipartisan $4.6 billion measure to deliver aid to the southern border before the government runs out of money to care for thousands of migrant families and unaccompanied children.

The sweeping 84-8 vote came less than 24 hours after the Democratic-controlled House approved a companion measure backed by party liberals that was weighed down by a White House veto threat and bipartisan rejection by the Senate.

 

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