Continuing Appropriations and Border Security Enhancement Act, 2024
House Bill, H.R. 5525
What it did
H.R. 5525, sponsored by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), paired a 30-day government funding extension with the border provisions of H.R. 2, including mandatory detention of families with children, and an 8% across-the-board cut to non-defense programs (which includes WIC, Head Start, and housing assistance). A yes vote accepted that trade.
A no vote rejected it.
The bill failed 198-232 on September 29, 2023, one day before the funding deadline. At the time of this vote, children were still being held in Border Patrol stations past the 72-hour legal limit, and an 8-year-old had died after being held in one of those stations four months earlier.
Result: Failed 198-232
At the time of this vote: Three children died in US federal custody between March and May 2023, among them an 8-year-old girl held at the Harlingen, Texas Border Patrol station
The humane vote: No (NAY)