Mike Johnson and John Thune offer conflicting accounts of DHS shutdown plan on same day
Senator Lindsey Graham announced a budget resolution intended to provide $70 billion in multi-year funding for ICE and Border Patrol.
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Senator Lindsey Graham announced a budget resolution intended to provide $70 billion in multi-year funding for ICE and Border Patrol.
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The article reports that Mike Johnson and John Thune gave different accounts of when the House might pass a Senate-approved DHS funding bill amid a shutdown. Senate Republicans also released a budget resolution aimed at enabling reconciliation funding for immigration enforcement; Democrats criticized the plan and said they would use amendment votes to challenge it.
Senate Majority Leader whose account of the DHS funding plan differs from Johnson’s
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House Speaker whose account of the DHS funding plan is compared with Thune’s
Johnson's version of this story ↗
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