WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted 71-29 to approve a supplemental funding package for federal agencies but stripped of $10 billion in new funds for the immigration control, a Trupp priority. The issue was that hardly anyone wanted to deny fundjng to government agencies, which was a possibility if the original Trump bill had failed. There were Democrats who wanted to risk a shutdown by pressing to deny ICE funds for its its brutal excesses in Minneapolis and other cities in Trump’s disfavor. Earlier the whole p=Trump package, with ICE funds, was passed by the House, but Senate approval also was required. Now the Senate-revised version returns to the House. Here is how Minnesota and Wisconsin senators came down on issues:
To eliminate new ICE funding immediately and entirely
> Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin.
To pass funding to keep agencies funded but exorcising ICE funding temporarily
> Amy Klobchar, D-Minnesota.
> Tina Smith, D-Minnesota.
To end all supplemental agency funding
> Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin.
Earlier: How they voted: On ICE funding /1