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Republicans balk at Senate Democrats’ DHS shutdown counteroffer
Republicans on Wednesday balked at a Democratic counteroffer to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, as lawmakers and the White House scramble to strike a deal before a scheduled two-week recess begins on Friday ahead of a busy U.S. travel week for spring breaks and the Easter holiday.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters on Wednesday there was “no point” in Republicans issuing another response to Democrats’ counter and said the Senate would vote later that day on the GOP proposal unveiled earlier this week.
“It’s not even close to being real,” Thune said of the counteroffer. “They know better. They’re asking for things that have already been turned down. So it just seems like they’re going in circles, spinning, spinning.”
Republicans balk at Senate Democrats' DHS shutdown counteroffer
Congress and the White House are working to reach a funding deal before Congress leaves for a scheduled two-week recess on Friday.
John Thune said of the D's, "They’re asking for things that have already been turned down." As though trump turning something down indicates the proposal is unreasonable. The guy who keeps saying he isn't going to make a deal with D's on reforms to ICE favored by a majority of Americans. This, after the public seeing first hand the illegal, overly aggressive tactics ICE used in MN in violation of nearly 100 court orders.
Autocrats don't compromise. They dictate terms. So the impasse continues.
