House Rules Democrats

Power to some is the ability to say no. Power to me is the ability to say yes. When I was Chair of the Rules Committee, I made nearly half of amendments in order to for debate. This Majority blocks nearly 8 in 10. Why? Because Mike Johnson thinks he works for Trump. Shameful!

🚨 FLY OUT DAY OUT NOW ✈️ Massachusetts @repmcgovern joined @jakesherman and @apalmerdc in the Punchbowl News Townhouse to break down DHS funding, efforts to curb Trump’s Iran war powers, House leadership dynamics and more. 🎙️PLUS @nytimes' @CatieEdmondson and @semafor's @nicholaswu12 stop by to join in on the fun with That’s Not Gonna Fly! Watch it now! 👇

Republicans continue to lie. They say ICE is being defunded. It’s not. The normal ICE budget is ~$10 billion a year. Trump’s big ugly bill gave them an extra $75 billion, pre-funding ICE w/ a slush fund bigger than the military budget of most countries.

"Shame on you, shame on Republicans," Rep. Jim McGovern shouts on the floor. "We are not meeting the moment." Debate wrapping up shortly and House will then vote on the previous question and the rule (and DHS CR tucked in it)

Last night, the Senate passed a unanimous, bipartisan bill to fund the security agencies like @TSA & @fema that keep us safe. Instead of voting for it, extremist MAGA lunatics in the House blew up the deal. If they want to play the blame game, I’m gonna call them on their BS.

Neguse: All we hear is noise. The kind of noise that expects the American people to believe that every conservative Republican U.S. Senator passed a bill last night that defunds the police. That's their argument.

You may be wondering why the House hasn’t passed the TSA funding bill sent over by the Senate this morning. The answer is simple: Republicans don’t listen to the American people.

We have a bill that would pass and fund all of DHS except for ICE and CBP. Why is @SpeakerJohnson playing pointless partisan games, refusing to bring it to the floor, and leaving TSA agents hanging out to dry?

McGovern: Stop the BS that somehow ICE is being defunded. $85 billion. That's what they have. Their normal budget is $10 billion a year. Only Republicans would say that somehow that's not enough

Rep. McGovern: Republicans cannot govern. In fact, the American people should be able to sue you for malpractice. I want to say to the American people that if you woke up this morning not knowing who to blame for this shutdown, you will go to bed tonight with no doubt on who to blame. It's House Republicans and Speaker Johnson.

Neguse (D-CO) at House Rules Cmte mtg on House Republicans opposed to the Senate-passed DHS funding bill: "If we defeat the previous question (on the 60-day DHS CR rule) on the floor, the Senate bill will get a vote. And I have no doubt, no doubt, that if the Senate bill gets a vote, it will pass by an overwhelming margin."

McGovern says GOP continuing DHS shutdown is "insane" and "shameful." Dems pressing that they would vote for the Senate bill that funds all of DHS except ICE and CBP.

.@RepMcGovern at Rules hearing: “This garbage CR is a nonstarter … Speaker Johnson needs to grow up, needs to grow a spine …” Really setting the tone!

The committee will hold an emergency meeting at 3:30pm on Speaker Johnson’s latest gimmick that will ensure the shutdown continues when we could instead enact a law today to end it. WATCH it live.⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=Slq8ra…

✈️ FLY OUT DAY LANDS SOON 🚨 🎙️ @RepMcGovern stopped by the Punchbowl News townhouse for a conversation with @jakesherman and @apalmerdc about the ongoing DHS shutdown, limiting President Trump's war powers on Iran, House leadership and MUCH more. 👀 PLUS @nytimes' @CatieEdmondson and @semafor's @nicholaswu12 join in on the fun with That’s Not Gonna Fly!

we're back to THE HOUSE this week with Rep. JIM MCGOVERN, the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee.

At 4:00pm, we’ll consider the GOP’s DHS bill—the same one the House already passed and sent to the Senate… Meanwhile, Americans are less safe than they were last week because Trump chose to unilaterally launch a reckless war in the Middle East. 📺: youtube.com/live/5evDn6SOe…

He’s been ranting and raving like a lunatic for an hour, yet not a word so far about Jeffrey Epstein—you know, the massive coverup that dwarfs Watergate—or why Donald Trump continues to protect his pedophile friends instead of seeking justice for survivors.

Our elections are secure, noncitizen voting is illegal, & both Republicans and Democrats win fair and square to believe otherwise is to believe in the tooth fairy and the Loch Ness monster. #SOTU

The SAVE America Act would hand over your personal data to Kristi Noem and the Department of Homeland Security. We will not let it happen. #SOTU