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GOP friction over shutdown finale

CQ Budget, Episode No. 390

Conservative rebels such as Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, had protested a DHS funding bill that lacked immigration enforcement funds.
Conservative rebels such as Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, had protested a DHS funding bill that lacked immigration enforcement funds. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Passage of a bill to end the record-breaking shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security exposed widening tensions between House and Senate Republicans. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley join host David Lerman to discuss what it took to end the shutdown, the source of simmering friction between the two chambers, and what it could mean as Republicans attempt to pass a reconciliation bill for immigration enforcement funding.

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