House Republicans announced today that they will pass a bill, advanced by the Senate last week, to end the record-breaking partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, which has lasted 47 days so far.
Last week, GOP in the lower chamber rejected the funding measure to reopen the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the US Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa). Notably, the bill withhold funds from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and part of Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Instead, House Republicans passed a continuing resoltion to keep DHS running through 22 May.
In a joint statement Wednesday, speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority leader John Thune said that congressional Republicans will not attempt to push the stopgap bill – which Democrats say has no chance of clearing the 60-vote threshold in the upper chamber.
Now, they will advance the legislation which hardline House Republicans previously rebuked. They will also seek to pass wider funding for the DHS, which will include funding for enforcement and removal operations, through reconciliation.
“It is now abundantly clear that Democrats place allegiance to their radical left-wing base above all else – including their own power of the purse – which means open borders and protecting criminal illegal aliens,” Johnson and Thune said. They noted that the future budget resolution will underwrite the DHS for three years, until Trump leaves office. Republican leadership said this will protect against “future attempts by the Democrats to defund those agencies”.
Interesting that you think you need to do that. Almost like the reforms necessary for the whole shebang go against what you actually want to happen.
Man, if only they had allegiance to a radical left base. It’s so irksome how republicans just say things without caring about truth or consistency.
which means open borders and protecting criminal illegal aliens
There’s no such thing as “criminal illegal aliens” when you have open borders, you stupid fucking troglodytes
What part of the CBP is being funded?
None.
Notably, the bill withhold funds from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and part of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
It says part of CBP. Implying part will be funded.
God fucking damnit.??
This means that the House Republicans caved. This bill doesn’t include funding for ICE and CBP.
And they didn’t get the voter suppression bill support little Donnie wanted. The Rs were full nelsoned into doing their jobs by TSA lines imo.
Yes, they thought people would blame Dems of they shouted long and hard enough. Instead, they are taking more and more of the blame and becoming the boy who cried wolf, which won’t help their mod terms when a caravan of immigrants magically appears.
Ooh, ok. Thanks for the correction.
Hahahaha at least I’m not the only one misreading text today ;)
I’m glad I’m not alone
This was one of the most difficult articles to parse.
