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US House Approves Outline for  Billion More for Immigration Enforcement

US House Approves Outline for $70 Billion More for Immigration Enforcement

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. ⁠House ⁠of Representatives on Wednesday approved ⁠a three-year budget plan that would pave the way for ​Congress to consider an additional $70 billion for immigration enforcement activities by federal agents. The House voted ‌215-211, with no Democrats supporting ‌it. House Speaker Mike Johnson held the vote open for more than five ⁠hours as ⁠he worked to get enough of his fellow Republicans to ​embrace the measure. Some, from farm states, were holding out for a future vote on expanding sales of gasoline blended with ethanol. The Senate approved the plan on April 23. With ​the House going along, it will be up to Republicans in both chambers ⁠to ⁠put together details of the $70-billion ⁠proposal and ​win passage before sending it to President Donald Trump to sign into law. Republicans ​are hoping to do ⁠so in May and will be using a special, rarely used procedure that allows them to steer the legislation through the Senate without any support from Democrats. Republicans used the same procedure last year …

Rubio and Hegseth outline ‘threefold process’ for Venezuela : NPR

Rubio and Hegseth outline ‘threefold process’ for Venezuela : NPR

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio speak to reporters Wednesday following a closed door briefing with senators on the U.S. capture of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Heather Dieh/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Heather Dieh/Getty Images Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth briefed the Senate and House this morning on the U.S. capture of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro over the weekend and the administration’s next steps. The pair detailed a process of “stabilization,” “recovery” and “transition.” Rubio told reporters step one will involve “quarantine” for Venezuela, a process that will include selling sanctioned oil and distributing the profits. “We don’t want it descending into chaos,” Rubio said. “Part of that stabilization and the reason why we understand and believe that we have the strongest leverage possible is our quarantine.” Rubio went on to explain that the continued seizure of oil tankers is part of the plan, in addition to the process of selling sanctioned oil. U.S. forces seized a Russian-flagged oil …