2026年4月22日 / 美国东部时间晚上9:38 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
华盛顿讯 —— 参议院周三即将启动预计将持续一整天的多轮投票，共和党计划在无需民主党协助的情况下，为国土安全部下属的移民机构争取拨款。
参议院共和党人本周早些时候公布了一项预算决议案并进行了初步投票，启动通过预算和解程序为移民海关执法局（ICE）和海关与边境保护局部分部门拨款的进程。这一程序允许共和党在民主党反对的情况下推进该计划，此前民主党一直要求对国土安全部的移民执法措施进行改革。
按照该计划，参议院共和党人旨在为相关机构提供三年多的资金保障，确保这些部门在特朗普政府剩余任期内都能获得拨款。
这份预算决议案将授权参议院司法委员会和国土安全委员会起草立法，分别最多增加700亿美元开支，用于为移民海关执法局和海关与边境保护局部分部门提供资金。最终法案的总支出预计约为700亿美元，不过共和党方面表示，这一数字旨在为委员会提供操作灵活性。
在决议案获得通过之前，参议院必须举行所谓的“投票狂欢”，议员们可以提出不限数量的修正案，并迫使参议院一轮接一轮地进行投票。东部时间晚上9:30刚过，针对民主党提出的一系列修正案的投票就已开始。
参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默周三在新闻发布会上表示，民主党将提出“大量修正案”，并承诺将进行多轮投票，迫使共和党明确表态，尤其是在民生负担相关议题上。
“这将是一场鲜明立场的对决，我们很期待这场战斗，”舒默说道，“共和党想要掏出数十亿美元给唐纳德·特朗普的私人执法队伍，却不附带任何常识性的限制或改革措施。而民主党则希望通过降低民众生活成本，把钱放进老百姓的口袋。”
这位来自纽约州的民主党议员表示，共和党“即将亲身体会到：当他们拒绝降低民众生活成本时，他们就会输掉选举”。
“这将是对参议院共和党人的一次清算对决，”他补充道。
民主党无法阻止共和党的拨款计划。共和党在参议院拥有53个席位的多数优势，尽管大多数立法进程需要60票才能推进，但预算和解程序允许参议院共和党人仅以简单多数票就能通过具有直接预算影响的法案。
国土安全部拨款问题在今年1月两名联邦特工在明尼阿波利斯制造两起致命枪击事件后，成为国会的争议焦点。作为回应，民主党发誓反对任何不对国土安全部移民执法机构进行改革就提供拨款的法案。
国土安全部于2月14日因预算僵局停摆。经过数周的拉锯，参议院两党未能就改革方案达成一致，上月转而同意为国土安全部大部分部门提供资金，但未纳入移民海关执法局和海关与边境保护局部分部门的拨款。
众议院尚未就参议院通过的国土安全部大部分部门拨款法案进行表决，该法案是参议院通过传统拨款程序批准的。众议院共和党人表示，他们需要确保移民海关执法局和海关与边境保护局能够获得拨款，因此正等待参议院通过预算和解程序推进相关工作。与此同时，国土安全部仍处于停摆状态，不过特朗普总统已下令临时支付员工薪酬。
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩周三对记者表示，他希望众议院能尽快推进国土安全部拨款事宜，因为国土安全部官员警告称，资金将在下个月耗尽。
“我认为这一信息已经传达出去，希望他们能领会，我们能够继续推进确保这些机构获得拨款的工作，”图恩说道。
周三晚间，该计划遭遇阻碍：路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪推动对该法案进行多项修改。但他最终解除了搁置态度，允许投票继续进行。
在投票狂欢开始前，肯尼迪在参议院发言警告称，不会再有第三次通过和解法案的机会。他强调，一项名为《SAVE法案》的共和党选举相关法案，以及若干项与民生负担相关的条款都应被纳入法案。
“这是最后一班发车的列车，”他说道，“我希望我们能提出一两个能够帮助美国民众应对生活成本等问题的议题，我知道共和党人是能够就此达成一致的。”
Senate begins “vote-a-rama” as GOP moves forward with funding ICE without Democrats
April 22, 2026 / 9:38 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — The Senate is beginning what’s expected to be a marathon vote series on Wednesday,as Republicans move ahead with a plan to fund immigration agencies under the Department of Homeland Security without help from Democrats.
Senate Republicans released a budget resolution and took an initial vote earlier this week as they kickstarted an effort to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection through budget reconciliation. The process allows the GOP to move ahead despite opposition from Democrats, who have demanded reforms to DHS’ immigration enforcement.
With the plan, Senate Republicans are aiming to fund the agencies for more than three years, ensuring they remain funded through the remainder of the Trump administration.
The budget resolution would authorize the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security committees to draft legislation to increase spending by up to $70 billion each, which would be used to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection. The final bill’s price tag is expected to be around $70 billion total, though Republicans say the figures are aimed at giving the committees flexibility.
Before the resolution can be adopted, the chamber must conduct what’s known as a “vote-a-rama,” in which senators can offer an unlimited number of amendments and force the chamber to cast vote after vote. Voting on a series of amendments offered up by Democrats began shortly after 9:30 p.m. ET.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said at a news conference on Wednesday that Democrats will put up “lots of amendments,” promising a variety of votes aimed at putting Republicans on the record, especially on affordability issues.
“This will be a reconciliation of contrasts, and we are relishing that fight,” Schumer said. “Republicans want to shell out billions of dollars to Donald Trump’s private army without any common-sense restraints or reforms. Democrats want to put money in people’s pockets by lowering their costs.”
The New York Democrat said Republicans “are about to learn the hard way that when they refuse to reduce costs, they lose.”
“This will be a reconciliation of reckoning for Senate Republicans,” he added.
Democrats have no way to block the GOP funding plan. Republicans have a 53-seat majority in the Senate, and although most legislation requires 60 votes to move forward, the budget reconciliation process allows Senate Republicans to advance a measure with direct budgetary consequences with only a simple majority.
DHS funding became a flashpoint in Congress after two deadly shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis in January. In response, Democrats pledged to object to any funding for DHS without reforms to its immigration enforcement agencies.
The department shut down on Feb. 14 amid the stalemate. After weeks of back and forth, Senate Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on reforms, and opted instead last month to fund the bulk of DHS, while leaving out funds for ICE and parts of CBP.
The House has yet to take up the Senate-passed funding for the bulk of DHS, which they approved through the traditional appropriations process. House Republicans have indicated that they need assurances that ICE and CBP will be funded, and are waiting for the Senate to move forward with budget reconciliation. Meanwhile, DHS remains shut down, although President Trump has directed employees to be paid on a temporary basis.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Wednesday that he’s hopeful the House will move forward soon with the funding for DHS, as agency officials warn that funding will dry up next month.
“I think that message is being delivered and hopefully will be received, and we can get moving forward with making sure those agencies are funded,” Thune said.
The plan hit a speed bump Wednesday night when Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, made a push to make a number of changes to the bill. But he ultimately released his hold and allowed the voting to move forward.
Kennedy warned on the Senate floor ahead of the vote-a-rama that there won’t be a third opportunity for a reconciliation bill. He stressed that a GOP election bill known as the SAVE Act should be included, along with a handful of affordability-related provisions.
“This is the last train leaving the station,” he said. “And I’d like to see us come up with one or two issues that will help the American people with the cost of living and other things that I know Republicans can agree to.”