Senate Republicans cave on clean non-ICE funding
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Apparently Trump’s latest threats to illegally seize the power of the purse motivated Senate Republicans into a rare act of governance:
After two months of unyielding negotiations, both parties gave up early Friday on reaching a grand accord to reform and fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Instead, Senate Republicans accepted what Democrats have been offering for weeks — cash for all of DHS except for ICE and part of Customs and Border Protection.
The Senate approved the funding package by a voice vote and is now expected to begin a scheduled two-week recess. The House could vote as soon as Friday, before the shutdown would break the record Saturday night for the longest funding lapse of any federal agency in U.S. history.
I share many frustrations with how some Senate Dems have handled Trump 2.0, but this time they held together and extracted a political price.
…of course, since House Republicans remain in Disarray and are even less interested in maintaining their prerogatives than the Senate conference, the shutdown might continue:
NEW: House Republicans are rebelling against the Senate-passed DHS bill Johnson eying a 60-day stopgap WITH ICE/CBP funds. Schumer says that'd be "dead on arrival in the Senate." Plans are fluid. TSA still shut. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru…
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