06-26-2019, 12:22 PM
TThe final version of the bill included strict conditions requiring private detention facilities to meet certain standards of care within six months or risk losing their contract. It was the second time in two days that progressive leaders forced changes to the bill amid reluctance to giving Trump any money for his immigration agenda.
Lawmakers in both parties have been horrified by reports of the conditions at the border, where multiple migrant children have died and others are held in wretched, unsanitary conditions, often without access to basic necessities including showers, toothbrushes and nutritious food.
The Republican-majority Senate plans to pass its own bipartisan measure this week, setting up a small window for a deal between the House and Senate before lawmakers leave town for a week-long recess.
Senate GOP leaders have stressed that the House should simply pass its version, which Pelosi herself described to her caucus as a "good" bill.
“The idea here is to get a signature," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday of the need to get something to Trump. "I think once we can get that out of the Senate... I’m hoping that the House will conclude that’s the best way to get the problem solved, which can only happen with a signature.”
But Democratic leaders say they want to reach a compromise between both bills.
Full piece: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/2...ge-1382038
Lawmakers in both parties have been horrified by reports of the conditions at the border, where multiple migrant children have died and others are held in wretched, unsanitary conditions, often without access to basic necessities including showers, toothbrushes and nutritious food.
The Republican-majority Senate plans to pass its own bipartisan measure this week, setting up a small window for a deal between the House and Senate before lawmakers leave town for a week-long recess.
Senate GOP leaders have stressed that the House should simply pass its version, which Pelosi herself described to her caucus as a "good" bill.
“The idea here is to get a signature," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday of the need to get something to Trump. "I think once we can get that out of the Senate... I’m hoping that the House will conclude that’s the best way to get the problem solved, which can only happen with a signature.”
But Democratic leaders say they want to reach a compromise between both bills.
Full piece: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/2...ge-1382038