A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday called on the Trump administration to impose sanctions on ex-Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik for undermining peace and security in the Balkans, coming five months after the president removed the penalties. In a letter obtained exclusively by The Hill, Senate and House lawmakers called on Treasury Secretary Scott…
“I’m really, really hopeful this doesn’t turn into a boots-on-the-ground situation,” said Arizona Rep. Eli Crane.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday rejected a Senate-passed bill to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), but not immigration enforcement, instead proposing a stopgap to fund the entire department for eight weeks. The move amounts to a stunning rebuke of the upper chamber by GOP leaders — and extends the length…
The Senate-passed legislation “should be brought to the floor immediately,” Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said.
There’s little certainty this plan, which rejects the Senate-passed deal, will bring an end to the extended agency shutdown.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) threw his weight behind the Senate-passed bill to reopen the Homeland Security Department (DHS), declaring it a victory for Democrats because it funds airport screeners but not immigration enforcement operations. After huddling with other House Democrats in the Capitol basement, Jeffries urged Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to bring the…
The speaker is confronting an internal backlash on the Senate-passed bill.