KAYE Chaffee

My Hero...

From colleague Tyler Olson. Johnson on it he talked to Thune and if he told him the House couldn’t pass the Senate’s DHS bill: Yes, we talked today and I told him it shouldn't be a surprise to anybody that we would not be able to do that. We're not going to split apart two of the most important agencies in the government and leave them hanging like that. We just couldn't do that

I served in the Missouri state Senate. When we had a filibuster, I was in my office with my suit on, shoes on, ready to run upstairs at one, two, three in the morning for a roll call vote. That's how it's supposed to work. It's not supposed to be comfortable, it's supposed to produce results. The US Senate forgot that.

The EXACT language in the joke of a “bill” the Senate sent over at 3am. “’U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’ in the ‘Department of Homeland Security Act, 2026’ table shall all be $0.” Yup…you read that right! ZERO dollars for our Patriots in @ICEgov. Not on my watch!

House Republicans don’t take our orders from Chuck Schumer. We’ll NEVER sacrifice our national security. America First 🇺🇸

JD Vance on Jimmy Kimmel attacking DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin for being a plumber: “I don’t watch Jimmy Kimmel, I deal with enough annoying people as it is…”

And just like that one Republican finally found a spine.

Bernie Sanders is the oligarchy that he's been talking about for decades.

Speaker Mike Johnson reveals what the Senate funding of DHS says. Senator John Thune agreed with the Dems to BAN border security funding. “It says, ‘The contents printed under the headings of this bill, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and border security operations under the heading of US Customs and Border Patrol and Protection shall have no force or effect for purposes of this act and amounts specified in the final bill under the subheading border security operation, and under the heading U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and under the headings of US Immigration and Customs enforcement, in the Department of Homeland Security shall be...ZERO.’” “We’re not doing that.” RINO Senator John Thune agreed with the Democrats to re-open the border.

This is an excellent explanation of the filibuster—and why it has evolved into such a problem that it must be addressed quickly and aggressively—from the great @CletaMitchell, a true gift to the conservative movement

🚨 BREAKING: Sec. Marco Rubio just called out Zelensky as a LIAR Q: Did the US tell Zelensky that security guarantees depend on withdrawing from Donbas? RUBIO: "That's a LIE, and I saw him say that, and it's unfortunate he would say that because he KNOWS that's not true! That's NOT what he was told." "I don't know WHY he says these things, it's just not TRUE." "He was told the obvious: security guarantees are not gonna kick in until there's an end to the war." Wow, Marco just exposed him on the world stage! 🔥

Somebody DM this to our “representatives.” They need a refresher.

if you're unhappy with John Thune let him know right here! it does no good if we just complain to one another. Let Thune know-- @LeaderJohnThune

JUST IN: Major US-Israeli strikes hit Tehran, Iran.

@RepLuna @SenateGOP slithered out of town like the snakes 🐍 they've become after passing a so called funding bill by phone. What a complete joke! @HouseGOP hold the line!

So now we have a Senate that won’t pass Voter ID and they won’t fund ICE. What the hell did we elect these people to do IF NOT THESE THINGS?!

@LeaderJohnThune @USMCridgerunner You’re a coward

Let’s summarize… ✅I didn’t fire the Democrat appointed parliamentarian ✅I failed to apply the pressure needed to pass the SAVE America Act & stop the Schumer shut down ✅I continue to obstruct by not allowing recess appointments ✅ I continue to hide behind the zombie filibuster ✅I think the American voter is going to forget about election integrity if I just wait another year to address it Fixed it for you.

@LeaderJohnThune @BillMelugin_ Truth

@SenateGOP Piss off! The majority of you slithered out of DC like the snakes you've become so that this BS bill could be passed via phone calls. Heaven forbid you don't get your 2 week paid vacation.

During the past 41 days, Senate Democrats showed America who they’re fighting for. 480+ TSA agents quit, the U.S. suffered over $2.5 billion in losses, and there were four-hour-long lines at our busiest airports. All to protect criminal illegal aliens from deportation.

BREAKING: President Trump tells colleague @JacquiHeinrich in a call that the Senate bill that passed in the overnight hours to fund all of DHS except CBP & ICE “wasn’t appropriate.” “Well, it wasn't good. It wasn't appropriate,” Trump told Jacqui. “Now what they should do is they should terminate the filibuster, Jacqui, and just vote, but you have three or four Republicans in there that are not doing the right thing. You can't have a bill that's not going to fund - in my opinion, you can't have a bill that’s not going to fund ICE. You can't have a bill that's not going to fund any form of law enforcement, of which ICE is a big form, and so is Border Patrol.”

Some color on who is & isn't being paid in ICE & CBP via the One Big Beautiful Bill. Most of ICE & CBP are funded through 2029 via the OBBB and operations won't be impacted if they aren't funded through appropriations, for now. All frontline law enforcement is being paid. The ICE, Border Patrol, and CBP agents we see in the field are all getting paid via OBBB.  HOWEVER... their professional and civilian support staff are NOT being paid. These are people who work the computers, the public affairs offices, and other support staff who aren't on the front line making immigration arrests, but are supporting the agents who are. These civilian support staffers haven't been paid for almost half of the last six months when you factor in the prior shutdown last fall. They feel left behind - and feel they have no light at the end of the tunnel with this Senate bill leaving CBP & ICE unfunded through appropriations. They would have to hope GOP could take care of them in a future reconciliation bill, or that more funds could be moved around to pay them. These are some texts I've gotten from these staffers... CBP support employee:  "The senate bill paid TSA but thousands of CBP & ICE professional staff will not be paid.   The last paid work day for me was February 13.  Now senate on paid vacation until April 13 that is a guarantee for 2 months no pay.  Very likely we won’t be paid until May if Johnson lets the bill pass." ICE civilian employee: "I have a huge favor. When you guys report on the fact that ICE is funded through OB3 funds, can you please make it known that support staff (i.e. mission support, OPA, etc.) is NOT getting paid?" HSI civilian employee:   "We civilians are not getting paid, I'm working with my mom in the hospital and not getting paid. This is all so frustrating...sorry bill for venting!"