House passes $4.5 billion emergency border aid bill. Provides for the treatment of migrant children.
The House passed a $4.5 billion emergency border aid bill Tuesday, one containing provisions for the treatment of migrant children in U.S. custody that Democratic leaders added amid widespread anger in their ranks over President Trump’s handling of the crisis.
The 230-to-195 vote, largely along party lines, followed a flurry of last-minute negotiations among Democrats who said they have been horrified by reports of poor conditions at overcrowded U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities where unaccompanied children have been kept. The bill’s passage sets up a high-stakes negotiation with Trump and Senate Republicans to deliver aid days before a looming deadline.
The backdrop for the vote is not only the humanitarian concerns about the surging numbers of migrants but also Trump’s threats — delayed but not canceled Saturday — to begin a mass deportation of undocumented immigrant families. Democratic lawmakers have expressed concerns about passing a border aid bill that would not address both of those issues.
House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.) unveiled changes to the bill Tuesday morning that would require CBP to establish new health and safety standards for migrants in its custody, as well as protocols for dealing with migrant surges, within 30 days. The changes would also limit children’s stays at “influx” shelters used by the Department of Health and Human Services to no more than 90 days and require the department to report to Congress on their use.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-democrats-press-ahead-on-border-bill-setting-up-tense-negotiation-over-migrants/2019/06/25/1d7e09f2-9754-11e9-916d-9c61607d8190_story.html?utm_term=.9d1114ca704a&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1
I would hope this would go somewhere but not with cocaine Mitch in charge of the Senate.
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However I just read that four Democrats voted against it. 
