(27 Jun 2019) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says 'the children" coming across our southern border and the treatment they are given are the most important part of discussing a border bill. This comes as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell demanded Thursday that House Democrats drop their insistence for changes in a $4.6 billion border aid package that the Senate passed with overwhelming bipartisan support and instead give final congressional approval to the legislation.
The House measure has tougher care requirements for detained migrant families and children than the Senate package, seeks to handcuff President Donald Trump from diverting money to border security and to extra beds to detain more people.
Pelosi was considering a House vote Thursday on the changes Democrats are seeking.
But with Congress under pressure from a horrific photo of young drowned migrants and accounts of brutal conditions for detained children - and lawmakers eager to break for a July 4 recess - pressure was building on all sides to end a weekslong stalemate that has blocked the measure.
The White House said it opposes changes planned by the Democrats. The funding is urgently needed to prevent the humanitarian emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border from worsening. Money runs out in a matter of days.
Pelosi also spoke about the Supreme Court decision that blocks the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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