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White House border czar Tom Homan met with a group of centrist Democrats at the Capitol on Thursday, circumventing Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), who didn’t attend the meeting, in hopes of reaching a deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Homan met for more than an hour with centrist Democrats who broke with Schumer in November to reopen the federal government.
Republicans feel they have a better chance of cutting a deal with seven or eight Democratic centrists to reopen DHS by agreeing to stronger rules to require federal immigration officers to wear body cameras and other reforms. The reforms offered so far, however, have fallen short of Democrats’ demands.
Eight Democratic caucus members, including King, broke ranks with their leadership before Thanksgiving to vote for a government funding bill, ending a shutdown that had dragged on for six weeks.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Tuesday told reporters that Democratic leaders weren’t making any real effort to negotiate a deal.
Good, cut Chucky out of the process. Homan can get stuff done.
