Senate Passes $70 Billion G.O.P. Immigration Bill

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Senate Votes Down Bids to Kill DOJ 'Anti-Weaponization Fund | Balance of Power: Late Edition US Senate approves $70 billion for Trump migrant deportations Senate GOP passes immigration enforcement bill Senate passes immigration enforcement funding after clashes over ballroom, 'anti-weaponization' fund Senate Passes Immigration Bill, Avoids Axing Weaponization Fund The Senate failed to move one step closer to extending the nation’s spy powers amid brewing consternation against President Donald Trump's pick to lead the nation’s intelligence agencies. Nearly every Senate Democrat, and six Senate Republicans banded together to block a procedural hurdle to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in the wee hours of Friday morning. The stumble comes as the deadline to make a move on the spy powers next week rapidly approaches.