US EditionTrump: No shutdown deal until Democrats support SAVE America Act
Trump demands DHS funding tied to SAVE America Act passage, which 71% of voters support, amid a shutdown causing airport delays and ICE deployment to 14 airports.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump demanded that any Department of Homeland Security funding deal include the SAVE America Act, which requires voter ID and proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.
- The Department of Homeland Security has been unfunded since February 14, leaving Transportation Security Administration officers without pay for five weeks and prompting widespread absences and resignations among airport security staff.
- Trump ordered ICE agents to deploy at major airports starting Monday to assist security screenings, while calling a proposed $5 billion cut to ICE funding "unacceptable" unless his legislative demands are included.
- Senate Democrats continue blocking the SAVE America Act as voter suppression legislation, while Trump pressured Senate Majority Leader John Thune to publicly identify Republicans opposing his bundled bill, threatening their re-election.
- The impasse enters its 36th day with the bill requiring 60 votes to overcome the filibuster, yet polling shows 83% of citizens support voter ID requirements, complicating Senate Democrats' unified opposition.
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Trump puts Republicans in a bind on the DHS shutdown: From the Politics Desk
President Donald Trump rejected an off-ramp to the DHS shutdown and instead called on congressional Republicans to refuse any deal with Democrats unless they agree to pass the SAVE America Act.
Trump Demands Senate Include the SAVE America Act in DHS Funding Deal.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump is urging Republican lawmakers to insist that any Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding deal include passage of the SAVE America Act, an election integrity bill with broad public support that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and a voter ID to cast a ballot in federal elections.WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), Senate Mino…
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