President Trump said Friday he is not on board with the Senate-passed funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) because it does not fully fund the agency, which has been a sticking point with congressional Democrats. Trump, in a phone interview with Fox News, said the bill “wasn’t appropriate” because it does not…
Paul hopes to carve out a libertarian lane in a party he says is shaped by populism.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) call for a vote on the Senate-passed funding bill to pay Transportation Security Administration agents and address airport disruptions at 4 p.m. ET on March 27. Original News Source Link – Epoch Times
Speaker Mike Johnson is instead looking at a two-month funding punt that cannot pass the Senate.
It’s still TBD whether a supplemental military funding request will come with the broader fiscal blueprint for fiscal 2027.
President Trump on Friday directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees during the government shutdown, marking a key development as funding the agency stalls in Congress. “As President of the United States, I have determined that these circumstances constitute an emergency situation compromising the Nation’s security,” Trump said
All Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee pressed the chair of the panel, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), to call for a public hearing from Department of Defense (DOD) officials on the ongoing Iran war after lawmakers in both parties were left unsatisfied with information shared during classified briefings on the conflict earlier this week. “We believe…