Pelosi under pressure after Senate passes bipartisan border funding bill

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The Senate passed a $4.6 billion emergency spending bill to cope with the massive surge in illegal immigrants along the border, but the bipartisan measure differs from a more progressive bill the House passed on Tuesday.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Wednesday she won’t take up the Senate version, even though it is bipartisan and passed with an overwhelming majority. The two chambers must now work out a compromise deal.

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