Senate votes next week on the DHS funding bill.
Republicans need 60 votes 2 pass the DHS funding bill. R’s only have 53 so they will need 7 Dems to vote with them.
Dems who may potentially help them:
Fetterman (PA)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Rosen (NV)
Sheehen (NH)
Hassan (NH)
King (ME)
Durbin (IL)
Democrats have been debating how to handle next week's vote on a bill that funds ICE.
With today's shooting, that debate should be over. Standing up and using every iota of your limited power is not just the right thing to do; it’s the righteous thing to do.
https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-democrats-must-block-ice-funding
This is a much more complicated situation than the vote that led to a shutdown last fall. Here’s the state of play:
- The bill that funds ICE and DHS passed the House on Thursday, with seven Democrats voting yes.
- If Congress fails to pass a bill, the Department of Homeland Security will shut down. The rest of the government will not shut down. Congress has either passed—or is on the cusp of passing—bills to fund every agency other than DHS.
- Funding bills are subject to the filibuster, so to pass the bill, Republicans will need at least seven Democrats to vote with them.
- Blocking funding will not stop ICE from doing what it is doing in Minnesota and elsewhere. The president decides which government functions are essential and can continue during an agency shutdown. During the government shutdown in 2025, ICE continued to terrorize communities.
- Importantly, most of ICE’s funding is mandatory funding from the Big Beautiful/Ugly Bill and is not subject to the annual appropriations process, where Democrats have leverage.
- Additionally, one lesson of the last shutdown is that Republicans will not cave. If they wouldn’t cave on the Obamacare tax credits—which were supported by a majority of hardcore MAGA voters—it’s hard to see them agreeing to meaningful guardrails for ICE.