Democrats Divided on Keeping Homeland Funded for Two weeks….

House Democrats had several vote WITH Republicans to pass Homeland funding despite pressure AGAINST doing so ….

ALL  Democrats ARE under pressure to write in MORE limits against the Customs and ICE agencies actions….

Some Democrats, as in the first vote with the GOP,  ARE scared of taking hits for any days of a shutdown….

The fact is?

Without ANY action from Congress ?

Homeland, ICE and CBP ARE free to do whatever they cab get away with from judges and the courts ONLY…

As the shooting fade?

Trump, Miller, Noem and Homan WILL keep driving the invasion of the Feds into American cities that is NOT helping America be Great at All….

 

House Democrats splintered on a private call Sunday over whether to vote for legislation that would keep the Department of Homeland Security funded for two more weeks, a half dozen sources on the call told Axios.

Why it matters: The deal was the result of negotiations between Senate Democrats and the White House, but many House Democrats despise the idea of voting to fund DHS without reforms, even in the short term.

• The fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have stirred overwhelming Democratic sentiment against the department.
• Several lawmakers expressed firm opposition to voting for the funding measure, saying they are a “hell no,” sources told Axios.
• But another group of top Democrats also offered points in favor of the bill, including two former top party leaders, sources said.

Driving the news: On the call, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) recounted to members how he told Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Saturday not to rely on Democratic votes to pass the bill, sources said.

• Jeffries said he made clear to Johnson that he needed to hear out his caucus first before committing to provide the Democratic votes needed to pass the bill with a two-thirds majority under a process called “suspension.”
• Johnson is expected to instead bring up the bill under what is known as a “rule,” which allows legislation to pass with a simple majority but requires leadership to overcome several procedural hurdles.

Zoom in: Jeffries said on the call that Democrats will keep with their standard practice of not helping Republicans with those procedural hurdles in the House Rules Committee or on the House floor, sources said.

• Johnson will have to overcome objections from his members and cobble together near-unanimous Republican support to pass the rule….

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Note….

House Speaker Johnson probably NEEDS a few Democratic votes on this…