The Senate has opted to maintain the E-Verify program for three more years as part of a 44 billion dollar funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that passed on a 79 - 19 vote.
The House has passed a similiar extension including a provision that would tighten the verification process by including thumbprints or other biometric traits to cut down on forgeries.
The Senate Sept. 30 approved, with a mostly party line 62-38 vote, a continuing resolution for Labor Department funding that contains a one-month extension for four immigration-related programs, including E-Verify, and one veterans’ job program.
The resolution extends funding for the Labor Department, as well as many other federal agencies, until Oct. 31 at fiscal year 2009 levels to allow lawmakers to complete work on the FY 2010 Labor-HHS appropriations bill (H.R. 3293). The department’s funding was set to expire Sept. 30.
The resolution, which accompanies the fiscal year 2010 legislative branch appropriations bill (H.R. 2918), would extend the programs’ current expiration date from Sept. 30 to Oct. 31. President Obama is expected to sign the bill.
The final passage by the Senate came after two procedural votes aimed at killing the package. Senate Republicans took issue with various military and Postal Service provisions in the bill.
Background checks are offered to you in every state. To find out more about a specific state, please click here.
PDQ Legal Services ∙ AZ P.I. License #1561771
15876 N. 76th Street, Suite 110, Scottsdale, AZ 85260 ∙ Phone: 877-870-6660 ∙ Fax: 480.556.6661
