The Senate has kicked off another marathon session of amendment votes on Republicans’ massive $70 billion immigration enforcement bill.
It is the sixth “vote-a-rama” of the 119th Congress, an unusually high number prompted by Republicans’ interest in moving multiple party-line bills under budget reconciliation rules that set up the exhausting voting rounds.
“I suspect there will be a lot of amendments today on a lot of topics,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune warned in a floor speech, but one topic will have an outsized focus.
A flurry of amendments from both parties are expected to attempt to put into law guardrails or an outright…
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