Senate Votes to Release Money for TSA But Don't Celebrate, Big Bad Wolf Won't Sign It

 

After midnight last night the Republicans finally gave up and went with a bill they had agreed before but Trump told HIS Republicans to vote it down. TSA, Fema, Coast Guard will get paid but for Ice they need to Drop the masks and obey the law. Since Republicans would not agreed, they took it out of the bill to vote separately later.

There are two Caveats: 1. Goes to the house 2. Then to the White house for Trump's Signature.

Trump is already talking about just paying TSA  from some money? Where is a President  pulling out money without Congress. This is Against the Constitution, the law etc. Im sure is not his own money, he talked about the big beautiful bill, so is he going to cut health care, et., etc.

I don't see anything good when you need to have Trump interfere. I hope Im wrong.

Adam Gonzalez

NPR:

The Senate voted overnight to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, which could potentially end a 42-day standoff over immigration enforcement tactics. The deal doesn’t include funding for the agency's main immigration enforcement operations nor any changes like banning Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from wearing masks. The partial government shutdown has forced tens of thousands of employees, including Transportation Security agents, to work without pay or quit. Now, the legislation heads to the House for a vote.

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