WASHINGTON — House Republicans rejected a Senate-passed funding bill to reopen most of the Department of Homeland Security Friday
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters his chamber would move “as soon as possible” on a stopgap measure funding DHS for 60 days after federal immigration enforcement got “zero” dollars in the Senate version of the bill.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters his
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters his chamber would move “as soon as possible” on a stopgap measure funding DHS for 60 days after federal immigration enforcement got “zero” dollars in the Senate version of the bill.
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“It is unconscionable to me that the Democrats would force some sort of negotiation at three o’clock in the morning and try to foist this upon the American people and then get on their jets and go home for their holiday — and pretend and think that we’re going to go along with that,” Johnson fumed.
President Trump said he would sign an executive
President Trump said he would sign an executive order to fund TSA agents.REUTERS House Speaker Mike Johnson held a meeting with House Republicans on the Senate measure passed on Friday morning.REUTERS
“It can’t be the case that every Senate Republican read this bill,” he added.
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain flagged multiple concerns with the text of the Senate’s DHS funding bill, including a section that read: “US Customs and Border Protection Act shall have no force or effect for purposes of this act.”
“So that’s a big concern,” she gasped, explaining that the Senate bill defangs CBP’s immigration enforcement operations.
