House Recess Delayed; Border Plan Vote Friday?

House Republicans resurrected their bill to address the crisis at the U.S-Mexico border late on Thursday, and they are delaying a planned five-week recess in an attempt to pass the revived bill before Congress leaves town for its August recess. The Democratic-led Senate, meanwhile, also failed to pass a $2.7 billion bill aimed at providing emergency funding for the border crisis. It also contained additional funding to aid western states dealing with wildfires, and for the Iron Dome in Israel. The Senate bill died, 50-44, on a procedural vote, amid mostly Republican opposition. It needed 60 votes to advance…

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