The proposed cuts in several forms of health care spending are a real version of the fake ‘death panels’ that the right attributed to Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
Budget
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You Gotta Hand It to Chuck Schumer This Time
He went up against Republicans and … won?
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Senate Approves TSA Funding, Now the Fun Begins
The measure financing most of the Department of Homeland Security has nothing constraining the actions of ICE. But to get ICE more funding, Republicans have a tall task.
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Here’s the Proposed Deal to Fund Most of DHS
Everything would be funded except ICE enforcement, and some reforms added, while Republicans would try a long-shot reconciliation bill for ICE money afterward.
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The Quietest Government Shutdown
It’s been almost imperceptible, but the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t been funded since February. Avenues to resolve the standoff keep getting cut off.
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The Case for Keeping ICE and CBP Defunded
Democrats should not provide one thin dime to MAGA storm troopers.
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Isolating ICE
Democrats offered a way out of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, but Republicans refused to play. What now?
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Republican Frostbite
Defense of ICE has become a political loser, and the deal to trade reforms for continued funding is off the table.
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GOP on Thin ICE
In the fight to drastically limit ICE as a condition of funding DHS, Democrats have the advantage. Let’s see how they press it.
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No Time to Compromise on ICE
If they are not careful, Democrats could get outmaneuvered on the details of trading funding for reform.
