The end of the longest partial shutdown in history is in sight — but thanks to some House Republicans refusing to rush back to Washington to pass it, the finish line is still almost two weeks away. These pouting House conservatives, however, are getting a reprieve from President Donald Trump. Trump posted on Truth Social last week that he would “soon sign an order to pay ALL of the incredible employees at the Department of Homeland Security.”
After initially dismissing the Senate deal, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., yielded last week, promising with Thune to get the ICE and Border Patrol funded in a party-line vote later this year. But a group of conservative lawmakers are so upset with the deal that they won’t even vote on it until Congress returns from spring break on April 13 — leaving DHS in limbo for almost another fortnight. That degree of petulance would be much riskier if it weren’t for the president running cover for the absentee legislature.
In his attempt to let lawmakers off the hook, though, Trump is setting yet another dangerous precedent that threatens the balance of power in America. And the idea that the president can cause funding to appear out of nowhere is also deeply troubling.
This is a preview of Hayes Brown’s latest column. Read the full column here.
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