House Republicans are set to vote on a bill to fund homeland security, but Biden has threatened to veto the bill because it violates an agreement he and Republicans reached on funding.
The White House announced in an administration policy statement:
The Administration strongly opposes House passage of HR 8752, which would provide appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the fiscal year (FY) ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
Earlier this year, members of the administration and Congress from both parties came together to pass a bipartisan appropriations bill that funds programs that keep Americans safe and healthy, invests in education and affordable housing, and has built a solid foundation for the past three years and a century. on the basis of economic progress. The appropriations bills are consistent with an agreement reached last year by the president and House Republican leadership to avoid a first default and protect the president’s investment agenda and key programs from deep cuts by making necessary adjustments to statutory caps.
Instead of honoring their agreement and taking advantage of the opportunity to engage in a productive bipartisan appropriations process that builds on last year’s bill, House Republicans are once again wasting time on partisan bills that would result in significant cuts in law enforcement, education, housing, and more reduce.
The draft bill also includes numerous partisan policy provisions with devastating consequences, including harming access to reproductive health care and threatening the health and safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) Americans. security, jeopardizes marriage equality, blocks critical climate change initiatives, and prevents governments from promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
The administration reiterated the importance of southwest border funding as part of the administration’s October supplemental appropriations request and called on Congress to support the toughest, fairest border security deal in decades that would bring significant policy changes, resources, and security along the border. security and the people we need to make the country safer. The administration urges Congress to pass a bipartisan agreement reached in the Senate to provide the Department of Homeland Security with the authority and resources needed to secure the border.
The Administration stands ready to engage in a bipartisan appropriations process with both chambers of Congress to develop responsible funding bills that fully fund federal agencies in a timely manner.
If H.R. 8752 is presented to the President, he will veto it.
House Republicans continue to violate the deal they made to avoid default. Republicans are trying to exacerbate the border crisis by not providing enough funding for border security to help Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Regardless of whether the Homeland Security appropriations bill passes the House, it likely won’t pass the Senate, but if, by some miracle, the bill makes it to the president’s desk, he should veto it.
Border security is national security, and Republicans are jeopardizing national security to help Donald Trump.