Ol droppy face Mitch with a pink tie and pigloskie,, two pigs in a poke..... LOL
The House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday night that would allocate $4.5billion for humanitarian assistance in the migrant crisis on the southern border.
Immigration officials had pleaded for the funding, saying they would soon run out of money to process migrants amid a massive surge of asylum seekers from Central America crossing the border illegally.
Bill - Party - Lines - Chamber - House
The bill passed along party lines in the Democrat-controlled chamber after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quelled a mini-revolt by progressives and Hispanic lawmakers who sought significant changes to the legislation.
New provisions added to the bill were more modest than what those lawmakers had sought, but the urgent need for the funding - to prevent the humanitarian emergency on the border from turning into a debacle - appeared to outweigh any lingering concerns.
Vote - Showdown - Senate - Democrats - Trump
The 230-195 vote sets up a showdown with the Republican-led Senate, which may try instead to force Democrats to send Trump a different, and broadly bipartisan, companion measure in coming days as the chambers race to wrap up the must-do legislation by the end of the week.
'The Senate has a good bill. Our bill is much better,' Pelosi, a California Democrat, told her Democratic colleagues in a meeting Tuesday morning, according to a senior Democratic aide who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the private session.
'We - Children - Food - Clothing - Items
'We are ensuring that children have food, clothing, sanitary items, shelter and medical care. We are providing access to legal assistance. And we are protecting families because families belong together,' Pelosi said in a subsequent floor speech.
The bill contains more than $1 billion to shelter and feed migrants detained by the border patrol and almost $3 billion to care for unaccompanied migrant children who are turned over the Department of Health and Human Services.
Standards - Care - HHS - Shelters
It seeks to mandate improved standards of care at HHS 'influx shelters' that...
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http://www.longroom.com/discussion/1537450/house-passes-4-5b-bill-for-humanitarian-assistance-at-the-border
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