House, Senate and DHS
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TSA, Homeland Security and Senate
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President Donald Trump’s move to pay airport security agents directly eased the sharpest pain point for lawmakers fighting over immigration enforcement, effectively killing momentum in Congress toward a funding deal.
House Republicans advanced a 60-day DHS continuing resolution after rejecting the Senate deal while Schumer said the CR is dead on arrival in the Senate.
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Senate approves deal that would fund most of DHS and Iran’s newest powerbroker: Morning Rundown
In today’s newsletter: The Senate agrees to fund DHS, except ICE and Border Patrol, in bid to end the shutdown.
The Senate unanimously moved to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and part of Customs and Border Protection, in a rare overnight session.
Johnson rejects Senate-passed bill to fund Homeland Security as a joke and plans vote on alternative
House Republicans are rejecting a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, a revolt that risks delaying a resolution to the funding impasse now in its 42nd day that has created long lines at many of the nation’s airports.
The president is claiming emergency powers to act, sidestepping Congress.
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Watch: Senate hearing goes silent after Angel Father confronts top Dem over daughter’s death
A Senate hearing got tense after Illinois father Joe Abraham confronted Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Il., over the death of his daughter, Katie, who was killed by an illegal alien drunk driver.