House Republicans late Thursday night approved legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for fiscal year 2024.
The legislation cleared the chamber in a 220-208 vote. Passing the bill will not help prevent a government shutdown Saturday night, but House GOP leaders are hoping that moving single-subject appropriations bills will help the conference coalesce around a stopgap bill to keep the lights on in Washington beyond the end of the month.
The DHS funding bill includes $91.515 billion in total discretionary spending for the department. The money includes more than $2 billion to build a wall along the southern border, $496 million for 22,000 Border Patrol agents, and upwards of $3.55 billion for custody operations.
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