Georgia’s two Democratic senators are joining their colleagues in the U.S. Senate in a pledge to vote against a spending package that includes billions of dollars in funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Senators have until Friday to pass the package of six bills, which includes a $64.4 billion Homeland Security appropriations bill that funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Border Patrol. Failure to pass the package could lead to a partial government shutdown.
Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are joining other members of their caucus in refusing to support the department in the wake of a second fatal shooting caught on camera in Minneapolis by a federal agent amid an immigration crackdown in the city.
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