Republicans launch a new effort to fund the Department of Homeland Security
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is pushing a budget reconciliation maneuver to fund immigration agencies and end the government shutdown.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune is pushing a budget reconciliation maneuver to fund immigration agencies and end the government shutdown.
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Senate Republicans have initiated a budget reconciliation process to fund ICE and Border Patrol, attempting to bypass Democratic filibusters and end a record-long partial government shutdown sparked by federal law enforcement violence.
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The Daily Signal frames Senator Thune’s reconciliation push as a necessary move to fund border security that Democrats oppose, while RawStory highlights internal friction between Thune and House leadership over the plan's details. Most outlets, including Reuters and AP News, focus on the procedural "marathon" required to bypass the DHS shutdown, noting Thune’s description of the maneuver as a "necessary reality."
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