(Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)
President Trump on Monday called on the House of Representatives to pass the Senate-passed funding deal without any changes, despite the lack of funding for the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.
This comes as House Republicans seek changes to the bill. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has threatened not to vote for the bill unless the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship to vote in elections, is not attached to the bill.
Via Fox:
Still, Mike Johnson has said that he is confident that “we’ll get it done by tomorrow.”
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Senate last week voted 71-29 to pass a revised $1.2 trillion funding package that will partially fund the government until September 30.
However, the Senate’s bill only funds the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks.
If passed in the House, the Democrats and President Trump will have two weeks to negotiate the Homeland Security appropriations bill.
Democrats are attempting to defund the Department of Homeland Security to stop ICE from deporting illegal aliens.
But President Trump called for the House to pass the bill “IMMEDIATELY” to reopen the government amid the partial shutdown.
“We need to get the Government open, and I hope all Republicans and Democrats will join me in supporting this Bill, and send it to my desk WITHOUT DELAY,” Trump said.
“There can be NO CHANGES at this time. We will work together in good faith to address the issues that have been raised, but we cannot have another long, pointless, and destructive Shutdown that will hurt our Country so badly — One that will not benefit Republicans or Democrats. I hope everyone will vote, YES!”
Full statement below:
I am working hard with Speaker Johnson to get the current funding deal, which passed in the Senate last week, through the House and to my desk, where I will sign it into Law, IMMEDIATELY! We need to get the Government open, and I hope all Republicans and Democrats will join me in supporting this Bill, and send it to my desk WITHOUT DELAY. There can be NO CHANGES at this time. We will work together in good faith to address the issues that have been raised, but we cannot have another long, pointless, and destructive Shutdown that will hurt our Country so badly — One that will not benefit Republicans or Democrats. I hope everyone will vote, YES!
The House is expected to vote on the funding package at approximately 6:30 pm ET.
This is a developing story.
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