Johnson Says Democrats Use 'Two Martyrs' to Defund Police
Johnson said Democrats are using two deaths to justify efforts to defund law enforcement as Congress battles over Homeland Security funding.
- Congress remains deadlocked over funding the Department of Homeland Security due to disagreements between House Republicans and Democrats over Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding.
- Senator Ron Johnson accused Democrats of using the deaths of two individuals as reasons to defund law enforcement agencies and called them obstructionist for blocking DHS funding, causing a government shutdown.
- Johnson proposed eliminating the Senate filibuster to pass DHS funding through reconciliation, citing Democratic obstruction and predicting they would remove the filibuster if they regain power.
- The ongoing dispute has led to a DHS shutdown, with plans discussed to fund some workers amid stalled congressional funding talks.
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Sen Ron Johnson says Senate is 'broken' and calls for ending the filibuster over DHS funding fight
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said Republicans should move toward ending the Senate filibuster on "Sunday Morning Futures" as lawmakers battle over Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding, arguing the chamber’s 60-vote threshold to end a filibuster is preventing action on border and homeland security priorities.Johnson called Democrats "obnoxious" and "obstructionist," blaming them for the current government shutdown as the congressional stale…
Sen Ron Johnson says Senate is ‘broken’ and calls for ending the filibuster over DHS funding fight
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said Republicans should move toward ending the Senate filibuster on "Sunday Morning Futures" as lawmakers battle over Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding, arguing the chamber’s 60-vote threshold to end a filibuster is preventing action on border and homeland security priorities.Johnson called Democrats "obnoxious" and "obstructionist," blaming them for the current government shutdown as the congressional stale…
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