Punchbowl News: “The Democratic base was already pressuring party leaders to do everything they could to push back on the Trump administration over ICE’s activities nationwide. After federal agents shot and killed two people, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis, that pressure increased exponentially. Democrats saw a moral and political need to take a stand on the DHS budget.”
“It’s telling that Senate Democrats have been incredibly united behind their ICE demands, more so than the fall fight over health-care. Only one Democrat, Sen. John Fetterman, joined Republicans to support a failed procedural vote on a DHS funding bill Thursday.”
CNBC: DHS shutdown all but certain as Democrats and Trump White House can’t cut deal.
