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Despite impasse on CR, Thune pushes forward on DHS spending bill
John Kennedy, R-La., said. "That way we can get TSA and Coast Guard and FEMA funded."
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John Kennedy, R-La., said. "That way we can get TSA and Coast Guard and FEMA funded."
↵↵"It's hard to predict right now how this all plays out, but I do think there's a good back-and-forth on substantive issues, so we'll see where it could go," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D
↵↵"We've had a lot of folks who've worked hard," said House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., just before the vote.
↵↵"I hope we can find consensus around these issues," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said on the floor Monday. "But one thing is clear.
Rand Paul, R-Ky., for example, says he's determined to strip $5.2 billion for a refugee assistance program run by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called the agreement "a bad deal" and said he's got a hold on the measure. "We're not voting tonight," he said.
John Kennedy, R-La., while emphasizing that he could change his mind on the best path forward. "But in the meantime, try to do a CR and pass the other ones."
↵↵The House is expected to reconvene Wednesday to take up the bill, as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he would give his chamber 36 hours to travel back to Washington.Â
John Kennedy, R-La. "I don't see anything changing, if at all, for a while."↵↵Even before the conference, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., called the plan a nonstarter in its current form.
On the one hand, it looks as though Schumer has missed an opportunity to continue countering the Trump-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., remake of federal benches in their collective