Senate Vote On Ice Funding

13 hours agothe senate failed to advance legislation to fund major portions of the government as talks over reforming ice continue. 1 day agobipartisan senators blocked a massive spending bill thursday, as eleventh-hour talks continue to avoid a costly partial government shutdown that looms at the week’s end. Here's the latest updates on a senate vote on spending bills including ice funding.

6 hours agothune said after the vote that there “could be” additional votes thursday night. 10 hours agowashington – the senate today blocked an appropriations bill that would have renewed ice’s excessive budget with no strings attached. The vote comes less than a week after.

Patty murray, the top democrat on the senate appropriations committee and key negotiator on the funding package, had been pushing her. 4 days agokey senate democrats say they will block funding for ice after federal agents shot and killed alex pretti in minneapolis on saturday.