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It remains an ‘open question’ whether lawmakers will take their scheduled recess next week, John Thune said today. A potential deal to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security — except for immigration enforcement — is hanging by a thread, though the Senate majority leader insisted that the framework is still the “best landing spot.”
- Democrats sent over a counteroffer today, which includes measures to rein in ICE.
- “The offer that the Democrats sent over is not a good faith offer,” Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins told reporters. “I don’t know where we go from here.”
What would break the impasse? “A couple more shootings or the [airport] lines to get even longer,” a senior Republican House member told Fox.
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Cracks forming? After leaving a briefing on the war with Iran, House Armed Services Chair Mike Rogers, a reliable defense hawk, knocked the Trump administration for keeping lawmakers in the dark.