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Homeland Security shutdowns grow more likely as Republicans push back on Democrats’ ICE demands

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Homeland Security shutdowns grow more likely as Republicans push back on Democrats’ ICE demands

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that Democratic demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week unless it works with Republicans and the White House. Democrats say they won’t vote on a DHS spending bill when … Read more

Thune reins in Dems’ DHS revolt as Fetterman defect, Schumer under pressure

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Thune reins in Dems’ DHS revolt as Fetterman defect, Schumer under pressure

Senate Republicans are moving forward with a huge funding package in their bid to keep the government open and hope to blow away Democratic opposition in the process. Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Monday completed the first procedural step on the six-bill funding package that includes the politically divisive Department of Homeland Security … Read more