On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) maintained that she “was never one of those people who pushed to end the shutdown on ICE.” Co-host Kate Bolduan asked, “I did also want to ask you, with
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced a resolution Thursday to impeach U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon, the news coming as President Donald Trump’s administration moves toward closing down the government agency.
On Monday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Way Too Early,” Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) stated that the DHS shutdown “hurt more people than it actually helped, because it certainly didn’t help our negotiations.” And argued that Democrats should have taken the
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) responded to a question on whether the DHS shutdown was worth it since none of the demands Democrats asked for passed by saying that “it’s always worth it to
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin discussed the shooting at an Islamic Center in San Diego and said that, within the administration, “we work together all the time to work with these religious
On Thursday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press NOW,” Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) argued that Democrats didn’t want the DHS shutdown or start it, “We started this conversation months ago, saying, very simply, if you want our votes for an
During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) cited the Senate’s bill on funding the Department of Homeland Security without funding ICE and Border Patrol in response to a question on how
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) stated that DHS resources have been kept on the sidelines during the shutdown and “Iran already has had an established history of wanting to assassinate Trump. They would
On Monday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) discussed DHS funding and said that “we need to be very clear that DHS won’t be funded, longer term, but they do have the resources they need right
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) said that there shouldn’t be a DHS shutdown and responded to a question on if he views the Democratic approach on DHS funding any differently now by saying that “Senate
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” co-host Brianna Keilar stated that it’s “because of Democrats” that the DHS shutdown has “extended” as long as it has. While discussing the shutdown in the context of the shooting at the White
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) argued that the DHS shutdown didn’t backfire because “what was really important to my constituents is that they saw us fighting to get basic, commonsense guardrails on how
On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) responded to polling data showing that voters say that Democrats don’t do anything by saying that “I would actually point to what we have been able to do.” And
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) said that “we held out” on funding all of DHS “because reforming ICE was extremely important to every American.” And stated that we’re still in a situation
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that the DHS shutdown is on Republicans, and when it came to legislation to fund DHS, “We held it up” to try to make changes
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) responded to questions on what the DHS shutdown accomplished by blaming Republicans and saying that “what we have shown the American people is, we want obvious,
The ICE officers Sen. Jon Ossoff previously derided are now assisting short-staffed Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as the partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown continues to disrupt travel.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Beat,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said that the DHS shutdown is the fault of Republicans while also stating that “We need to get the Department of Homeland Security reopened, in
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) discussed the DHS shutdown and said that it appears as though Republicans “will have to do the heavy lift on our
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said that he likely would accept a compromise to support a bill to fund everything in DHS but ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Roy said,
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) stated that trying to resolve the DHS shutdown through budget reconciliation is “dangerous” “because we’re now pulling out of the normal appropriations process, this funding for
On Monday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said that he was “disappointed” that the House didn’t take up the Senate’s proposal on Department of Homeland Security funding and said that “at this point, I think, because
During an interview with ABC News on Monday, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said that, in the battle over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, Democrats have pushed to “keep ICE out of our airports, and don’t fund this reckless
On Monday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) responded to a question on what Democrats have gotten out of the DHS shutdown by saying that “the ICE issue is certainly prominent in a way that
On Monday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) blamed the DHS shutdown on Republicans and also stated that Democrats are firm that “we’re not going to send another nickel to ICE and CBP.” Co-host Symone Sanders
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) argued that, on the DHS shutdown, “Nothing is won until each and every one of those workers [is] getting their money, caught up on their bills, including those with
On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) said that getting DHS funded aside from ICE and CBP is “not enough” for him because he wants “more restrictions” on ICE. Co-host Erica Hill asked, “[W]hat do you
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) said that the changes to ICE and CBP that Democrats want “might be like the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, that we have to take it to the
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said that a proposal from Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) to put limits on ICE while funding DHS isn’t good enough because “we can look separately
On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” California gubernatorial candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said that President Donald Trump “won’t pay the people who are keeping us safe because he wants to fund his own domestic terror unit,”
On Thursday’s broadcast of “NewsNation Now,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) discussed DHS funding and said that regardless of how the current impasse is resolved, Republicans will need to pass a reconciliation bill and fund “parts of DHS well into the
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) stated that Democrats will not vote to fund ICE “unless the American people are safe, and, under the current circumstances, they are not safe with ICE operating as it
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) talked about his proposal with Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) to end the DHS shutdown and responded to claims that House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) isn’t a big fan
On Thursday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Gabe Amo (D-RI) argued that the White House is “choosing chaos again by refusing to make a deal with Democrats that gets these TSA workers paid. That’s a question of priorities.”
On Thursday’s “CNN News Central,” Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI) said that the DHS shutdown is “because the Trump administration sent an army of masked ICE agents into American neighborhoods, terrorizing people, banging down people’s doors without warrants, shooting American citizens
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) said that Democrats have remained united throughout the DHS shutdown and haven’t had a group say that they’ll just pass something to end the shutdown “because it’s clear that
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said Democrats have “never” had leverage in the DHS shutdown and “we knew going into it that shutdown of DHS would have zero impact on forcing any kinds of changes at
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has “just been pushing for a very, very hard agreement” on the DHS shutdown but, “I disagree, at the moment,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said that what people are getting out of the DHS shutdown “is that Donald Trump refuses to fund the Coast Guard or TSA or any of the other functions
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Will Cain Show,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) said that the current battle over DHS funding is different from what Democrats have criticized in the past because “You have ICE and CBP murdering
