Senator’s from both parties HAVE been working at getting a spending bill done….
To get an agreement?
Democrats ARE gonna HAVE TO limit Stepthen Miller’s influence ….
Miller talks to Trump, who listens to his assistant and sometimes tries to keep him happy with his ‘tough’ fronting…
That?
And dealing with Trump continual efforts to deal with 2020 loss to Joe Biden by trolling the election fraud bull shit with is SAVE Bill push…
The Senate is NOT seriously looking at getting rid of the 60 vote threshold rule, even for Trump….
Lawmakers ARE dealing with these things to get an agreement ….
It’s crunch time for talks to reopen the Department of Homeland Security — and President Donald Trump is making things messier.
The House and Senate are scheduled to leave in a few days for a two-week recess. If they go home with no deal, the DHS funding lapse could end up lasting at least two months and break a new record for the longest shutdown of a federal agency. Now Trump is saying he doesn’t even want a deal if the Senate doesn’t pass the SAVE America Act.
Despite Trump’s warning, the threat of a two-month shutdown is spurring an uptick in what had been completely stalled negotiations. Starting Monday, the Trump administration plans to detail ICE agents to airports to do jobs like guarding exits so TSA agents can focus on screening passengers and baggage.
A bipartisan group of senators is aiming to meet Monday with border czar Tom Homan to continue talks, after the White House laid out an expanded offerFriday that included changes to DHS immigration enforcement tactics.
“We’ll see if they can land something,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said in an interview Sunday.
But Trump made a deal somewhat more complicated Sunday night.
When asked by NewsNation about whether Congress should just fund TSA while negotiating the rest of DHS, he said “I don’t think any deal should be made on this until they approve SAVE America.” He then said on Truth Social, “I don’t think we should make any deal with the Crazy, Country Destroying, Radical Left Democrats unless, and until, they Vote with Republicans to pass ‘THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.’”
What does it mean? Trump’s missive reflects where some Republicans already believed he was privately — in no mood to accept a DHS deal unless the elections bill is also passed. But negotiators and members of leadership are still hoping there can be a deal.
Trump is also opposed to breaking up DHS funding, including a plan proposed by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Kennedy (R-La.) and other conservatives to fund most of DHS now through a bipartisan deal and then let Republicans separately fund ICE and CBP through budget reconciliation, two people granted anonymity to disclose private discussions told POLITICO. Thune on Sunday didn’t close the door to the idea and noted it was one of several under discussion, though he’s urging Democrats to fund all of DHS.
Despite the movement in negotiations, it’s still looking likely that the DHS shutdown will be record-breaking….
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More than 400 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers have quit their jobs since the partial government shutdown began on Feb. 14, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Acting DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement that resignations and absences have skyrocketed since the department’s funding lapsed, as TSA officers report falling behind on bills as they continue to work without the promise of a paycheckanytime soon….
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The departures from the workforce have strained airports, many of which have had to close unmanned TSA checkpoints, creating longer lines as fewer officers take on a greater workload….
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