GOP leaders duke it out over DHS funding
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are openly clashing over Homeland Security funding , complicating Republicans' path out of the 72-day shutdown. Why it matters: Thune is unlikely to say it publicly, but frustration is running high among Senate Republicans over Johnson's failure to pass a DHS appropriations bill that cleared the Senate — twice. The two leaders began the month with a joint statement and a joint plan of action: fund ICE and Border Patrol through reco
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