On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire,” Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) responded to a question on if there’s a compromise on ICE short of everything Democrats are asking for by saying that “it’s very hard for us to come to some
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) said that Democrats rejected the White House offer on the DHS shutdown and that people will face “four-hour waits at TSA lines because of Donald Trump and the Republicans’
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that the situation around the DHS shutdown is getting more dangerous, “And we may have to accept the fact that the Republicans are refusing to do anything meaningful” on
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Julie Johnson (D-TX) discussed the DHS shutdown and blamed Republicans for TSA and other parts of DHS being shutdown and said she “would love to see the situation resolved, but we have
During a town hall on CNN on Friday, United States Ambassador to the U.N. Michael Waltz defended the Trump administration lifting sanctions on some Iranian oil by saying that “much of that oil and that illicit oil is already out
On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said that he can support funding everything in DHS but ICE, but what would happen next is Republicans will pass a bill through reconciliation to fund ICE without Democratic votes.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” CNN Contributor Paul Begala said that Republicans and Democrats have “a terrible rift over Israel and antisemitism,” “And I tell all my liberal friends, who had a bigger pride parade, Tel Aviv or
On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said that Democrats are “going to hold firm” on the DHS shutdown “and Republicans will be held accountable.” Co-host Michael Steele asked, “[A]re you going to hold the
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) reacted to reports of a $1.5 trillion budget request for the Pentagon by saying that “we really need to press the Pentagon to become more
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) reacted to the Iran supplemental by saying that “I want to make sure I know the gameplan, because we want to know what the result
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) said that the $200 billion price tag for the Iran supplemental is “a little bit high” and there needs to be an explanation of how
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) responded to a question on the prospect of relief or a bailout for farmers by saying that “we’ve got to do everything we can to help our farmers and
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Angus King (I-ME) discussed the impasse over DHS funding and said that the solution to the disagreement between Democrats and Republicans over whether agents should be able to wear masks is to
On Thursday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-CA) said that in California, “my neighbors pay way too much already.” But a federal gas tax holiday wouldn’t help and “if the gas tax goes away, it means
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) discussed the DHS shutdown and said that funding the agency piecemeal and using it as leverage “is not a best practice. You can see that on display. It’s terrible.”
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) discussed a potential budget supplemental due to Iran and said that the money spent on Iran could have funded “a year extension of the ACA tax credits, right? Like,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) stated that he would accept piecemeal DHS funding for things like TSA and FEMA if they attached legislation to ensure employees get paid during a
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) argued that the TSA should have been set up to be privately contracted so that there would not be disruptions like the current one that
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “11th Hour,” MS NOW host Ali Velshi argued that recently killed Iranian official Ali Larijani “was very sort of Western-facing and someone America could deal with. He became hardline after we pulled out of the
On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press NOW,” U.S. Senate candidate Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) advocated for abolishing ICE and said that “what does not work — and I don’t think anyone would say it does — is
On Wednesday’s edition of CBS’s “The Takeout,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) stated, “I don’t want to fund ICE. But I’ve signed onto a discharge petition to fund all the other agencies, TSA, Coast Guard, FEMA. I think we could pass
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said that if Republicans went along with what Democrats are asking on ICE identification, investigations, and patrols, “I think that there will likely be the Democratic votes to
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) said that the DHS shutdown could end and TSA can be funded, “All that needs to be done is for the Republicans and the President to simply say, you
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” FBI Director Kash Patel said there needs to be “stronger legislation that allows us to sentence criminals and terrorists to prison and jettison them” including stronger legislation on the ability to
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) said that China is probably thinking “now’s a good time for me to go in and take over Taiwan or Russia’s saying don’t talk to me about Ukraine,
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Border Czar Tom Homan said that “we’re not doing enough” to charge people impeding ICE officers, and “There needs to be zero tolerance on anybody impeding a law enforcement officer.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Deadline: White House,” host Nicolle Wallace said former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent is an individual who has pushed “fringe” conspiracies “appeared alongside far-right militia groups and associated with white nationalist
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” host Jen Psaki argued that former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent “was unqualified for the job” and “had a history of associating with far-right figures and peddling debunked January
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) claimed Republicans are focused on trying to “rig the election” instead of opening DHS. Host Kaitlan Collins asked, “If this war in the Middle East, with Iran, and what
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said that former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent’s resignation letter “plays into traditional antisemitic tropes of the Jews controlling this or
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) stated that people who work for the TSA should be given their paychecks and responded to arguments from Republicans that people with Border Patrol should get paychecks along with
On Monday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The 11th Hour,” San Jose Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Mahan said that “our many rules and regulations, the fact that we pushed all of our refineries out of state” and the high
On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Morning in America,” Rep. Mark Harris (R-NC) said that he thinks President Donald Trump “is doing everything to avoid putting boots on the ground” in Iran, but Iran’s enriched uranium “needs to be seized or
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) said that Republicans are agreeing to reforms Democrats want in the DHS shutdown, such as “bodycams for everybody, training on de-escalation, inspections and dollars to
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN NewsNight,” CNN Senior Commentator Van Jones said that “Democrats have to stick to their guns” on the DHS shutdown “because, as inconvenient as it is in an airport, it’s a lot more inconvenient to have
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that “Democrats and Republicans have both wanted to fund TSA for some time, and, also, the Coast Guard and FEMA and everything else. What we don’t want to
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said that there is currently “a moment of significant leverage regarding Cuba,” but he thinks “Obama was on the right track when we opened trade relations.” Merkley said, “Well, there
During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Steve Rattner, who served as counselor to the Treasury Secretary in the Obama administration, said that while he wants more immigration, those who are arguing that a lack
On Saturday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weekend,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) criticized the Trump administration for the impact of Operation Epic Fury on energy costs and also declared that their attempts to drill off the coast of California will be
On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “All In,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said he won’t vote for an Iran supplemental “because that kind of helps perpetuate the war, get that under control, stop the
