Senate will vote on border aid supplemental before July 4 recess

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made clear Monday that he would be calling a standalone vote on supplemental appropriations to help deal with a massive influx of undocumented migrants at the border before the Fourth of July recess.

The Kentucky Republican, appearing in studio on “Fox & Friends,” reiterated that his conference had wanted the funding included in the recently-enacted emergency supplemental for disaster relief.

“In the Senate, we wanted to add to it the roughly $5 billion the president’s requested to deal, not with the wall, but just the humanitarian part of the crisis at the border. The Democrats insisted on stripping it out,” McConnell said. “So, I’m going to bring it up free-standing next week, and see if they if really aren’t interested in dealing with this mass of humanity that we have to take care of at the border.”

He continued to put the blame on House and Senate Democrats for the assistance not getting to President Donald Trump’s desk. Lawmakers eventually passed and Trump signed a $19.1 billion disaster aid package (PL 116-20) earlier this month to respond to hurricanes, wildfires, flooding and other weather-related issues.
Source: Roll Call