BORDER/CONGRESS/FEDERAL FUNDING/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawmakers are stumbling in their efforts to address the border crisis before bolting for the holiday recess, dimming long-shot hopes that Congress can meet President Donald Trump’s two-week deadline to stave off his threatened mass deportations. House Democratic leaders spent Monday [6-24-19] night fighting off a last-minute liberal rebellion to tank their $4.5 billion emergency spending package, with progressive lawmakers demanding changes to the bill that complicate the chamber’s plans to deliver money to the border before leaving town Thursday [6-27-19] for a week-long recess…Democratic leaders are now mulling tweaks to the bill that would spell out a standard of care for all children to receive humane treatment, a response to recent news reports that showed children in detention facilities in wretched conditions, some without access to diapers, soap or a toothbrush. The House is still expected to vote on the bill Tuesday [6-25-19], according to lawmakers and aides.”
–Heather Caygle, Burgess Everett and Sarah Ferris, “Congress flails after Trump’s deportation ultimatum,” Politico, June 24, 2019 10:40 pm