Thursday, June 27, 2024

House votes to prohibit DHS money from funding Mayorkas salary

The DHS appropriations bill, to be sure, has no chance of becoming law in its current form — including with the Mayorkas amendment — amid opposition from Senate Democrats and the White House. Republicans have nonetheless sought to include their priorities in the legislation to put themselves on stronger footing for government funding negotiations with the Senate down the road… 

The vote on Biggs's Mayorkas amendment was largely along party lines, 193-173, with 72 lawmakers not voting. Just one Republican — Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón — voted "no."…

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