Senate Appropriations Dems
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U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee. Follow for updates from Vice Chair @PattyMurray & staff. Fighting back against a pro-billionaire, pro-corruption agenda.
BREAKING: House approves a bill to fund the Homeland Security Department, sending it to President Trump to sign. apnews.com/article/homela…
"Make no mistake, this defunding of DHS should be a national scandal," @PressSec says at briefing after shooting outside WHCA dinner. "This is a national emergency, and every member of Congress needs to put their country over party and get the Department of Homeland Security funded."
PATTY MURRAY: What happened to childcare in this budget? RFK Jr: Ok, let's talk about childcare then instead of the war MURRAY: Just so it's clear, the president is requesting $1.5t in defense which cuts our non-defense incredibly RFK Jr: It's not my department
President Trump's new budget proposal asks Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending — a 42% increase — while cutting nondefense spending by $73 billion, or 10%. cbsn.ws/4m8CiAr
Thank a Democrat for long lines and disrupted air travel. Thank President Trump for doing everything he can to keep airports open.
House Republicans pass their own DHS funding bill, prolonging the shutdown and setting up a clash with the Senate cnn.it/4tfzvrr
