“I think the feeling of most people is it’s a fight that we should have not fought. As a governing party, we’ve got to fund DHS and say to the House, ‘Here’s a straw so you can suck it up.'”  

— Sen. Mark S. Kirk, R-Ill., said regarding the Department of Homeland Security funding standoff. Related:

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