Just as the House did yesterday, the Senate is interrupting its August recess to come back to D.C. for a vote during its vacation.
The Senate will reconvene tomorrow morning for a border security vote, and to honor former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), who died in a plane crash this week.
The $600 million border security measure will be paid for by unprecedented increases in fees to companies that utilize foreign workers. Companies that have a significant proportion of workers in the United States under temporary H-1B visas will see application fees rise from $320 to $2,320, while multinational companies that transfer existing employees into the U.S. will see their visa fees rise from $320 to $2,570.
Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, told The Hill that it would be “an extremely short session.”
A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the Senate would go back to work to unanimously pass a $600 million border security bill and a resolution honoring the late Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska).The Senate would meet, said Reid spokesman Jim Manley, “for the sole purpose of receiving and passing by consent H.R. 6080, border security, and a resolution on the death of Sen. Stevens. This will be an extremely short session as we will just be doing these two items.”
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