The Senate approved a Department of Homeland Security deal to fund TSA and most other agencies in a marathon overnight session Friday. Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted the bill was 'not the way to fund the department. But, we were out of time.' The deal, which the Senate approved unanimously without a roll call, next goes to the House, which is expected to consider it today. With pressure mounting to resolve the 42-day stalemate, the endgame emerged in the final hours before TSA workers miss another paycheck Friday.
The package puts no limits on ICE which Democrats have demanded, though Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer touted the vote as a victory, claiming 'we held the line' and vowing to continue the fight against Trump's 'rogue' immigration operation.
ICE has remained largely unaffected by the shutdown - Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law last July, funneled billions in extra funds to DHS.
Me thinks Schumer and his ilk finally got around to reading their poll numbers.This is the worst example of 'leadership' an d'representation' you may ever see...
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Republicans cave...AGAIN!
ReplyDeleteFrom the Discern Report:
ReplyDelete"This is the UniParty Swamp in its natural habitat. Not the cartoonish version where politicians are twirling mustaches in back rooms. The real version — where Republicans get worn down by 42 days of bad-faith obstruction, airport optics, and media pressure until they agree to something they never should have agreed to. The enemy doesn’t need to win outright. They just need to keep grinding until the other side accepts a draw and calls it victory.
Celebrate nothing here. The shutdown is ending, but the war over America’s borders — and over who actually controls the enforcement of its laws — is nowhere close to over. The adversary is patient. They play a long game. The question is whether feckless Republicans will ever be willing to do the same."
Both houses and the White House, and republicans still can't figure out how to win for the American people.