They WILL wait and see what the new guy , now-Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma), says to them….
Democrats ARE UNDEER HUGE pressure to get some changes in the Trump/Miller and was Noem action on deportations…
Noem gone changes NOTHING for Democrats….
Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked for a third time a spending bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, insisting that they would not approve the measure without new curbs on immigration enforcement even amid President Trump’s war in Iran.
Twenty days after federal money for the department lapsed, Republicans had sought to pressure Democrats to relent and agree to fund the department without any new restrictions on the agents carrying out Mr. Trump’s deportation drive. They argued that the war in the Middle East made it even more important to fund security agencies, including the Transportation Security Administration and the Secret Service.
“Less than half of the Americans who work for the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency are on the job,” Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the majority leader, said. “The rest have been furloughed, and the agency has had to cancel vulnerability checks on certain infrastructure. Now you’d think that might raise some concern among Democrats, especially given the current threat environment, but apparently it doesn’t.”
But the failed vote showed that Democrats — at least for now — were holding firm in their demands. All but one, Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, opposed the measure in a 51-to-45 vote, leaving it short of the 60 votes needed to move ahead.
Instead, in the Senate, Democrats offered their own proposal to fund the department except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and the office of Kristi Noem, who led the department until Mr. Trump removed her on Thursday. Democrats asked to quickly take up their proposal and pass it unanimously, without debate, but Republicans objected.
“If Republicans keep refusing to ensure ICE and Border Patrol follow the same basic standards that police departments across America already follow, then we should at least fund T.S.A. and FEMA while we press on with negotiations to protect Americans from violence at the hands of untrained, unidentifiable federal agents,” Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, said.
Democrats have said they will not allow even a temporary, business-as-usual funding bill to proceed without measures to curtail the tactics of federal immigration agents. Their opening list of demands included requiring those officers to show visible identification, blocking them from wearing masks and adopting stricter use-of-force policies.
Senator Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, said that Ms. Noem’s removal “changes nothing” about the shutdown….
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Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, dismissed the idea that a change in the agency’s leadership would shake Democrats from their demands….
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Miller….
“This is not complicated: Democrats want to get TSA officers paid and fund disaster relief, but we will not vote to help Republicans spend one more dime letting Stephen Miller terrorize American cities,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington), the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said on the Senate floor Thursday….
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Mullin, a Senator. HAS support in the US Senate, and IS gonna HAVE TO navigate the Trump / Miller realationship….
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) called Mullin “a great choice to lead DHS, restore competence, and refocus efforts” at the department and noted Mullin “likes dogs,” a dig at Noem in light of a story she included in her memoir about shooting a young dog she was training.
Mullin joined the Senate from the House in 2023, making him still a relative newcomer by the chamber’s standards. But his close ties to House Republicans and Trump helped him quickly rise within the conference, including serving as an informal adviser to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who informally referred to him as their “whisperer.”
Over the past year, Mullin has played key roles in trying to help navigate between the Senate, House and the White House. That includes acting as a go-between when the House and Senate were scuffling over the fate of the One Big Beautiful Bill, including helping organize a meeting between Thune and House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.), who is a close friend of the Oklahoma Republican.
Mullin was also a key conduit for the White House and Senate Republicans during last year’s government funding fight and a failed deal last summer to try to negotiate an agreement to quickly confirm a tranche of nominees.
“Fresh set of eyes. Fresh approach. And you know, obviously, the one thing that everybody has said on handling some of the immigration policy, ICE issues, is to be strategic about it, prioritize,” Thune said. “I think some of the things that Tom Homan has emphasized since he’s been more heavily engaged on the scene. … I think he and Senator Mullin can work well together. ”
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I don’t care what anybody thinks….
The Democrats ARE aiming a good part the Trump letting Miller run the Immigration thing that Donald rode on in 2024….
The ride has gone sideways….
Two Federal shooting deaths in Minnesota changed the politics…
Mullin has his work cut out for him…..
CG?
Miller IS mentioned IN this….
If Tillis is happy with Mullin, he will have no problem getting confirmed. Might even get every Republican vote. Fetetrman is voting for him. I bet Democrats regret his election now. They were once enamored with him.
Stephen Miller is irrelevant to whatever it is you are trying to claim. He does not have to testify before Congress. He is not “performing poorly” on television the way Noem did. Sacking her, since she is someone who people were more familiar with, is a talking point for them, that they were willing to take action. Of course,they have to pretend the are giving her some other important job.
Agreed on the easy confirmation
He WILL BE asked pointed questions on changing the culture at DHS and dealing with the Trump WH (Miller)
WSJ cheers Noem’s departure….
The Wall Street Journal editorial board praised President Trump’s decision to “finally” replace Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and called for more changes to immigration enforcement.
“While Mr. Trump praised Ms. Noem’s “spectacular results,” there’s no mistaking this move as anything other than a fed-up President cutting loose an aide who made herself into a serious liability,” the board wrote Thursday….
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(Noem is only part of the problem…Miller is the other part)