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Kristen Welker: “On Friday, the Senate unanimously... passed a measure that…”

Featuring: Kristen Welker, Host of Meet the Press | National

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They are a brutal regime. Senator, I do want to move to this funding fight on Capitol Hill. The Department of Homeland Security isn't being funded. On Friday, the Senate unanimously... passed a measure that House Republicans rejected. It would have funded DHS. It wouldn't have funded ICE and CBP. Why aren't Republicans on the same page about how to reopen the government? Yeah, this is a difficult issue on it because we're dealing with Democrats right now that do not want to fund ICE and cbp. (10:58–11:10)

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Asserts that the Senate passed a measure to fund DHS, excluding ICE and CBP, which House Republicans rejected.

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