Thune plans to move forward on stalled $72B budget reconciliation bill Wednesday
“We’re hopeful,” Thune said of advancing the package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through 2029. He said the “preferred alternative” would be to start the vote-a-rama on amendments Wednesday evening, which would put senators on track to pass the legislation sometime early Thursday morning. There are a few obstacles to moving the bill, however.
- ▪“We’re hopeful,” Thune said of advancing the package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through 2029.
- ▪He said the “preferred alternative” would be to start the vote-a-rama on amendments Wednesday evening, which would put senators on track to pass the legislation sometime early Thursday morning.
- ▪There are a few obstacles to moving the bill, however.
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Senate Thune plans to move forward on stalled $72B budget reconciliation bill Wednesday Comments: by Alexander Bolton - 06/03/26 11:23 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Alexander Bolton - 06/03/26 11:23 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he’s “hopeful” that there are enough Republican votes to advance a $72 billion budget reconciliation bill on the Senate floor Wednesday, which would set up a marathon series of votes on amendments likely to last until Thursday morning. “We’re hopeful,” Thune said of advancing the package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through 2029.
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