Democrats block bill to reopen Homeland Security amid 27-day shutdown

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Source: The Hill

Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a motion to proceed to a House-passed bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the 27-day shutdown that has hampered the functions of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other critical agencies.

The motion failed by a vote of 51 to 46. Centrist Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.) was the only Democrat to vote with Republicans to advance the funding bill. It needed 60 votes to advance.

It marked the fourth time since Feb. 12 that Democrats have voted to block Homeland Security funding legislation.

The vote capped a day of skirmishes on the Senate floor between Democrats and Republicans on how to break the funding deadlock.



Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/democrats-block-bill-reopen-homeland-182854655.html

[dickthegrouch]

1. Why isn't that a RW talking point?

“Republicans fail to compromise sufficiently to reopen the government shutdown”
Would be an equally accurate headline.
Just saying.

[C Moon]

2. Right? Or "Both parties unable to reopen..."

[BadgerKid]

5. Not yet; seems to fit into the longer arc. nt

[cstanleytech]

3. Unless there is fundamental reform of ICE and Homeland Security they should continue to oppose funding.

[SunSeeker]

4. Bullshit headline. Democrats offered to fund TSA but REPUBLICANS REFUSED.

ICE and CBP are already massively funded.

[Celerity]

6. Agree. From the article: Schumer countered with a proposal to fund just TSA to ease congestion at airports.

When Thune dismissed the offer, Schumer responded: “I rest my case. What the [GOP] leader is saying is he will only fund TSA if we will continue to fund for a short time, for a long time, ICE and Border Patrol, which he knows is gridlocked.”