House to vote on ICE funding, ending months-long impasse

Politics House to vote on ICE funding, ending months-long impasse By Caitlin Yilek Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation. Read Full Bio Caitlin Yilek June 9, 2026 / 10:15 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Washington — The House is set to vote Tuesday on Republicans' $70 billion bill funding immigration enforcement agencies through the rest of President Trump's term after the Senate approved it early Friday following weeks of roadblocks. Barring any last-minute hiccups among House Republicans, passage would bring an end to the months-long stalemate over funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. The House is scheduled to vote on the legislation around 4:30 p.m. On Monday afternoon, the House Rules Committee met to tee it up for floor consideration. House GOP leaders had initially expected to hold a vote late last week on passage, but delayed taking up the measure until this week. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said Monday that he expected the legislation to pass, although he acknowledged that he had a very small margin of error and that attendance during primary season "is a real challenge." "We have to fund border enforcement and immigration enforcement, and everybody here knows that, so they're going to have to put their personal preferences aside to get the job done," he said. House Republicans have been waiting for weeks for their Senate counterparts to send over the legislation. Both chambers had hoped to have the bill on President Trump's desk by Memorial Day in order to meet his June 1 deadline, but those plans were impeded by the president's request for $1 billion related to construction of a massive ballroom at the White House and...