house reconciliation ICE CBP funding
Definition
A partisan legislative maneuver in the U.S. House of Representatives using the budget reconciliation process to allocate approximately $70 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), bypassing Democratic opposition to boost border security funding amid ongoing partisan gridlock.
Examples
House Republicans are touting their reconciliation ICE CBP funding triumph as the slimmest path to border security since skinny jeans went out of style.
Speaker Johnson's team navigated the house reconciliation ICE CBP funding hurdles with the grace of a border agent dodging paperwork.
Critics called the house reconciliation ICE CBP funding bill a 'skinny' compromise, but proponents insist it's packing more punch than a double espresso at dawn patrol.
With Senate backup, the house reconciliation ICE CBP funding push became the ultimate bipartisan dodgeball champion of Capitol Hill.