Senate to vote again on funding DHS as tempers flare over impasse
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Washington — The Senate will vote again Thursday on a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security as an impasse over how to reform immigration enforcement agencies has grown ugly, nearly a month into a partial shutdown. Caitlin Huey-Burns contributed to this report.
Washington — The Senate will vote again Thursday on a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security as an impasse over how to reform immigration enforcement agencies has grown ugly, nearly a month into a partial shutdown.
Since the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal agents in Minnesota in January, Democrats have blocked all funding for DHS, holding out for reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. Democrats and Republicans alike say they are nowhere near an agreement.
"We are in a negotiation, however, we are not close," Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii said Wednesday.
The two sides have been trading blame in recent days as the shutdown's strains have begun to be felt, with long security lines stretching through airports. TSA agents are set to miss their first full paycheck this week. Absences have more than doubled, and hundreds of TSA workers have quit.
"[Democrats] refused to sit down with us this week. Refused," GOP Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama told reporters Tuesday. "That's actually absurd."
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