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  • Democrats Using Shutdown Threat To Rewrite Immigration Enforcement

    01/29/2026 3:04:43 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 41 replies
    RealClear Politics ^ | January 29, 2026 | John R. Lott Jr.
    Another government shutdown looks increasingly likely by the end of the week. Democrats are demanding that major changes to Department of Homeland Security enforcement policy be written directly into the budget agreement. Those changes would largely shut down President Trump’s deportation efforts.Trump has already made some changes. For example, DHS removed Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino – who had become a political lightning rod – from his assignment in Minneapolis. Democrats, however, are pressing for far more sweeping changes. They want to require judicial warrants for immigration arrests, force ICE agents to be easily identifiable, and grant states the authority...
  • Obama says budget deal closer than ever

    04/06/2011 10:26:03 AM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 14 replies
    MarketWatch ^ | April 5, 2011, 5:00 p.m. EDT | Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch
    Republicans would cut $12 billion in one-week stopgap planWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — A budget deal that would keep the government running past Friday is closer than ever, President Barack Obama said Tuesday, as top congressional Republicans and Democrats planned another round of negotiations aimed at hammering out a spending plan for the next six months. Clock ticking toward shutdown As the click ticks toward this Friday's possible U.S. government shutdown, WSJ's Jerry Seib looks at proposals being weighed by Republicans and Democrats, along with efforts to raise the country's debt ceiling. • See MarketWatch's Economy and Politics page | | “We...