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Congress delays vote on Republican-backed ICE funding after GOP infighting

Republicans upended plans to pass a partisan bill to fund ICE after party infighting over unrelated issues snarled their progress.

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Barbara Sprunt
Barbara Sprunt is a correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk, covering Congress. She's previously reported and produced NPR's political coverage at the White House, on the campaign trail, and for the NPR Politics Podcast. She is an alumnus of the Paul Miller Reporting Fellowship at the National Press Foundation. Sprunt got her start in radio at as an intern on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered and Tell Me More with Michel Martin. She graduated from American University in Washington, D.C. [Copyright 2025 NPR]
Leila Fadel
Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

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