It puts in protections much more quickly and definitely.

Whats in the continuing resolution?The two-step bill extends appropriations dealing with veterans programs.Hard-right members upset by the short-term extension that did not include spending cuts and who wanted the House to pass the appropriations bills individually moved to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as their leader.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries originally called the two-step plan a nonstarter.House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled the measure less than a week before funding from a short-term bill passed in September was set to expire.Neither [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell nor I want a shutdown.

while the Senate has passed three that were grouped together in a minibus.Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he hoped there would be a strong bipartisan vote for the House bill.

sending it to the Senate ahead of a Friday deadline.

It does not include supplemental funding for Israel or Ukraine.Asylum-seekers encountered near the Rio Grande Valley are being detained in soft-sided facilities inside the port of entry connecting Donna.

a highly transited and patrolled area along the southern border.The rule denies migrants access to the asylum system if they traveled through a third country to reach the U.

the Trump administration has taken other controversial measures this year to lower border apprehensions.Migrants seeking these protections which do not offer a pathway to U.