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Republicans invoked\u00a0the war in Iran<\/a>\u00a0and the prospect of retaliatory terrorist attacks as they made another unsuccessful effort Thursday to pass a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Democrats are insisting on changes to immigration enforcement operations as part of the measure and blocked it from advancing. The procedural vote was 51-45, falling well short of the 60 that Republicans needed to proceed with the measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The House also took up the bill on Thursday, passing it 221-209, but in the end, a bipartisan compromise will have to be reached to end a DHS shutdown that began Feb. 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding bill first passed the House back in January, but it has gone nowhere in the Senate as Democrats seek new restraints on immigration enforcement tactics following the killing of ICU nurse\u00a0Alex Pretti<\/a>\u00a0by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis.

Republicans have called on Democrats to reconsider their vote in the wake of the conflict in Iran.

Sen. John Barrasso, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, said Democrats would bear responsibility for the next cyberattack that is missed or the next \u201clone wolf terrorist\u201d who attacks in the U.S.

\u201cBlood will be on their hands,\u201d Barrasso said on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It did not appear the GOP\u2019s strategy had changed the position of Democratic lawmakers, though. They said they are prepared to fund most of the agencies in the department, just not Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the same lousy, rotten bill that does not put any guardrails or constraints on ICE or CBP after federal agents shot American citizens in the street,\u201d said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moments before the vote, senators were getting word that President Donald Trump had just fired<\/a> DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. The news did not change Democrats\u2019 resolve to force operational changes within the department through the spending bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood riddance,\u201d said Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. \u201cBut the problems at ICE transcend any one individual.\u201d

Workers are beginning to miss part of their paychecks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the longest federal shutdown<\/a> in the country\u2019s history last year, Congress has completed work on 11 of this year\u2019s 12 appropriations bills. Only the bill for Homeland Security remains outstanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans said the timing couldn\u2019t be worse for a Homeland Security shutdown. While a large majority of the department\u2019s employees are considered essential and continue to work, many will not receive a full paycheck this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike Democrats\u2019 first shutdown a few months ago, this shutdown is causing a lot of financial stress, uncertainty, and pain for hardworking Americans,\u201d Senate Majority Leader John Thune said. \u201cIt\u2019s also making it harder for those working to keep America safe.\u201d

Republicans said the prospect of an increase in unscheduled absences by the Transportation Security Administration\u2019s agents could lead to longer wait times at the nation\u2019s airports. Meanwhile, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has canceled various assessments to determine vulnerabilities to critical infrastructure. And training for first responders conducted through the Federal Emergency Management Agency was canceled.

Democrats are seeking several changes at the department that include prohibiting ICE enforcement operations at sensitive locations like schools and churches, allowing independent investigations into alleged wrongdoing, requiring warrants to be signed by judges<\/a> before federal agents can forcibly enter private homes or other nonpublic spaces without consent, and requiring agents to wear identification and remove their masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans note that the bill does include a bipartisan provision directing more resources for de-escalation training and $20 million to outfit immigration enforcement agents with body-worn cameras.

Little to show from negotiations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House and congressional Democrats don\u2019t appear to have made significant progress in recent weeks in resolving their differences after trading offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook, we\u2019re still far apart, but we\u2019re negotiating and exchanging paper back and forth,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The size of the divide appeared significant during Thursday\u2019s debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alabama Sen. Katie Britt said that through their actions, Democrats were \u201cstill the party of open borders, they are still the party of defund the police, now actually more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She and other Republicans also cited last weekend\u2019s mass shooting<\/a> in Austin, Texas, as an example of the dangerous threat environment that\u2019s facing Americans following the attack on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know this couldn\u2019t come at a more dangerous time,\u201d Britt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said that Democrats were simply working to make sure federal immigration officials follow the same standards as other law enforcement officers. She offered an alternative bill to fund all the agencies within Homeland Security, except for ICE, Customs and Border Protection, and the office of the secretary, but it was rejected.

\u201cWe are not asking for the moon,\u201d Murray said. “… There is nothing extreme about ICE and Border Patrol following the same standards as everyone else when it comes to use of force or needing a warrant before smashing in someone\u2019s window and dragging them away.\u201d

Reproduced from the Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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