US EditionGOP Leaders Plan to Keep Congress Out of Session Even as Pressure to End DHS Shutdown Grows
Congress members departed for spring recess amid a 45-day DHS funding lapse, with competing bills unresolved and images of vacations sparking public criticism.
- On Friday, Congress began a 2-week Easter recess as the Department of Homeland Security shutdown entered its 45th day, departing Washington without a funding agreement.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune remain deadlocked, as both chambers passed competing proposals that the other rejects, prolonging the impasse.
- Tabloid photos showed South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham visiting Disney World and California Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia at a Las Vegas casino, sparking intense public backlash Monday.
- Defending his trip, Graham claimed he conducted business in Florida before visiting the theme park, while Garcia's office stated he was visiting family.
- Despite mounting pressure, Republican leaders show no signs of forcing members back early, while the Department of Homeland Security faces continued operational strain without resolution.
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‘It outraged us’: TMZ sets sights on lawmakers enjoying ‘Spring Break’ amid shutdown chaos
A growing number of lawmakers have been spotted fleeing Washington, D.C. as tens of thousands of federal workers continue to go unpaid amid the ongoing partial government shutdown, and TMZ has developed a “new obsession” of exposing them, NOTUS reported Tuesday.“It outraged us so much we wanted to u...
Off the news: Congress still gets paid during shutdown | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Most of us feel powerless to do anything about the federal partial shutdown and its effect on security lines at airports, and on traveler safety, of course. But we can feel righteously outraged because members of Congress are being paid and can go on a two-week recess, while many at the Department of Homeland Security are missing salaries.
GOP leaders plan to keep Congress out of session even as pressure to end DHS shutdown grows
Lawmakers have departed Washington for spring recess locked in a stalemate over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. But even as their movements outside the halls of Congress face increased public scrutiny, Republican leaders are showing no signs they’ll force their members to come back early to hash out a deal.
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