Senate Kicks Off Marathon Vote Session for Budget Plan to Fund ICE, Border Patrol

Ahead of the vote, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that Democrats would be offering amendments related to affordability.

The U.S. Capitol building on April 22, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The Senate began a marathon vote session on April 22 to decide on a blueprint to pass a bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The marathon session, called a “vote-a-rama,” consists of senators offering unlimited non-binding amendments to a budget resolution, which has instructions for committees to draft a bill to pass through a process called reconciliation.