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Cruz proposes splitting ICE from Homeland Security funding bill to end airport chaos (kfor.com)
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[–] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You know shit is fucked up when Ted Cruz starts to make sense.

[–] blueduck@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To be clear, he’s not being reasonable or democratic.

“What I’ve suggested is that the Democrats have gotten so extreme and unreasonable that I don’t know that they will ever be willing to fund Department of Homeland Security,” Cruz told The Hill Saturday.

“If that’s where the Democrats are, I’ve suggested let’s fund ICE and CBP through reconciliation. That Republicans can do with just 50 votes, we can do that relatively quickly and the Democrat lunacy on open borders can be put to an end,” he added. “I’m interested in any strategy to get the government open, to pay the Department of Homeland Security.”

He’s saying “let’s just separate the DHS funding from the main bill and then pass DHS along party lines through parliamentary procedure.”

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Doesn't he have some sort of holiday to run off to? Or is that only when his constituents are dying?