US EditionRon Johnson renews call to nuke Senate filibuster after Saturday attack
Johnson said Republicans should use the nuclear option to pass a DHS funding bill after a shooting left one Secret Service agent injured.
- On Sunday, Senator Ron Johnson renewed his call to end the Senate filibuster to fund the Department of Homeland Security following Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
- The Department of Homeland Security has lacked annual appropriations since February, as Democrats refuse to provide the 60 votes required to override the filibuster without reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
- Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate edge, requiring seven Democrats to cross the aisle. Johnson urged colleagues to resort to the "nuclear option" if Democrats continue blocking funding.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the impasse "reckless political gamesmanship," while Senator Chuck Schumer warned the budget act will show which side lawmakers stand on regarding the American people.
- Amid inquiries into security protocols at the Washington Hilton during Saturday's shooting, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson faces immense pressure to reopen the Department of Homeland Security.
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GOP Senators in Wake of Shooting: Nuke Filibuster
Several Republican senators believe it is now time to end the legislative filibuster to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, citing the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner as impetus.
Trump shooting attempt puts heat on Mike Johnson and Republicans to fund DHS
Democrats may have started out the gamesmanship on Homeland Security. But, Eric Garcia writes, every day Mike Johnson doesn’t pass a spending bill is a day Republicans own the shutdown
GOP Senator says attempted Trump murder should cause Congress to ditch filibuster
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) warned that this “moment of national danger” should fuel lawmakers in Congress to ditch the filibuster. Speaking with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, […]
GOP Senator says attempted Trump murder should cause Congress to ditch filibuster · American Wire News
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) warned that this “moment of national danger” should fuel lawmakers in Congress to ditch the filibuster. Speaking with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, Johnson asserted the importance of getting the Department of Homeland Security funded, especially in the wake of an alleged third assassination attempt on President Donald Trump as he attended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C. “We need to hold a vo…
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