Republican senators are delaying passage of a $467 billion spending bill in part due to a rift over immigration that threatens a government shutdown.
Republicans have demanded about eight amendments to the minibus, a group of six spending bills that must be passed by
Sen. Ted Budd , the senator who objected to Murray’s offer, wants a vote on his bill making assaulting a police officer a deportable offense, while Sen. Bill Hagerty’s would force the census to collect data on noncitizens. Senate Republicans had signaled they would resist the minibus spending bill. They held a press conference on Wednesday denouncing the $12.7 billion in earmarks tacked on to the legislation.
The Senate narrowly cleared a procedural vote on Friday afternoon that tees up passage no later than this weekend, but without a time agreement on the amendments, Washington could enter a brief shutdown.
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