By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The fate of Homeland Security’s budget and President Obama’s immigration plan is in the hands of the U.S. Senate on the final day before money runs out today. The New York Times reports that the Senate is expected to vote today on a measure that would providing funding for the remainder…
By Bloomberg View Editorial Now that they’re back in Washington after a weeklong break, Senate Republicans should make their first order of business something they’ve been wanting to do for a long time anyway: saying goodbye to their least favorite member of President Barack Obama’s cabinet, Attorney General Eric Holder. The problem is that giving…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration has done away with the term “radical Islam.” President Obama and others in his administration refused to use the term during a White House summit on combating what they preferred to call “violent extremism,” The Washington Times reports. On Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson defended the administration’s…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If Congress doesn’t fund Homeland Security by Friday, transportation security officers will be forced to go to work without pay. NPR reports that officers won’t get paid until lawmakers find a way to fund the department amid a budget showdown with President Obama over his immigration plan. http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2015/02/23/388338500/for-tsa-officers-congress-inaction-on-funding-could-hit-home DHS employees who…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Texas judge’s decision to temporarily halt President Obama’s immigration plan could make it easier for Congress to find a temporary solution to keep Homeland Security funded, the Wall Street Journal reports. Republicans said they may now have support for a short-term extension to avoid a shutdown at Homeland Security. The…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s immigration plans have been placed on hold by a federal judge in Texas so that states have time to argue their case against the president’s controversial executive action. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen blocked the plan with a preliminary injunction, ABC News reports. The judge said the injunction was…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com House Speaker John A. Boehner said he’s “certainly” willing to let Homeland Security shut down at the end of the month. The New York Times reports that Boehner said he won’t budge on a spending bill that would remove funding for President Obama’s immigration policy. “The House has done its job;…
By Jonathan Bernstein Bloomberg Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is about to expire, and Republicans are bickering about what to do next. It’s time for a quick course in Shutdown Showdown 101. House Republicans passed a funding bill last month loaded with veto bait — riders that would block President Barack Obama’s executive…
