Democrats Continue To Keep DHS Held Hostage, Reinforcing The Need To Eliminate Filibuster

Slotkin Calls for DHS Funding After Voting to Block It

Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin went on television Friday and called for funding the Department of Homeland Security, less than 24 hours after she voted to keep the agency shuttered. The contradiction landed with a thud. On Thursday, Slotkin joined 46 of her 47 Democratic colleagues in a party-line vote to maintain a filibuster that effectively blocked DHS funding. On Friday, she appeared on camera and declared the opposite position, as Tampa Fr…

Democrats Must Fund DHS To Protect the Homeland

Amidst a heightened threat environment across the nation, Democrats' continued refusal to fund the Department of Homeland Security is appalling. Shutting down this critical agency — which manages airport security, oversees disaster relief, protects our nation from cyber threats, and more — puts the security of our nation at risk.

Democrats Continue To Keep DHS Held Hostage, Reinforcing The Need To Eliminate Filibuster

It has been officially a month since Democrats forced the Department of Homeland Security into an indefinite shutdown, which began on Valentine’s Day, following a firestorm of Left-Wing media attacks targeting the agency over the conduct of several ICE agents carrying out a deportation raid. Mass deportations, which was a central pillar of all three of President Trump’s campaign promises, was among the top issues on which the President ran in 20…