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Ted Cruz: “Budget reconciliation cannot be filibustered. The Democrats…”

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Published April 15, 2026 | Video Starts at 14:10

So here's what I suggested. Fund all of DHS except ICE and CBP and then immediately take up a budget reconciliation. Budget reconciliation cannot be filibustered. The Democrats cannot block it. We can pass it with just 50 Republicans in the Senate. And we should fully fund ICE. And I will tell you today. (14:10–14:15)

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Asserts that budget reconciliation cannot be filibustered and Democrats cannot block it.

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“For two months, Coast Guardsmen have not been paid. Secret Service agents have not been paid. FEMA has not been paid.”
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“About 200,000 federal employees have not been paid for two months.”
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“Democrats are serene during this shutdown. It's the longest shutdown in American history.”
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“I have voted 16 times in the last two months to fund DHS. Democrats have voted 16 times to defund DHS.”
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“In California, about 25% [of homes] are passed on at death because the capital gains tax would be so high.”
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“Eric Swalwell would resign from Congress and Tony Gonzalez, a Republican, would resign from Congress as well.”
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“At this point, the number of women who have worked for [Eric Swalwell], who've come out and accused him of sexually harassing them, some…”
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“Eric Swalwell was the leading candidate to be the next governor of California.”
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“Democrats a day ago were calling on Swalwell to suspend his gubernatorial campaign, but they were not calling on him to leave Congress.”
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“Democrats will never, ever, ever vote again to fund ICE.”
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“Democrats are voting to cut off funding for Coast Guard and FEMA and Secret Service.”
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“The reason DHS is shut down is it takes 60 votes. We only have 53 Republicans.”
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“We can pass [the budget reconciliation] with just 50 Republicans in the Senate.”
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“They are planning right now to fund DHS and ICE for three and a half years through fiscal year 2029.”
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“We should fund [ICE and CBP] for 10 years. Ten years is the limit under the statute for how long you can fund anything under budget…”
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“The Democrats are going to vote against border security, against ICE and CBP for the foreseeable future.”
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“We ought to increase the funding for ICE by 10%.”
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“We had a bipartisan agreement on DHS funding until the Democrats backed out.”
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“We should fund ICE, do it for 10 years.”
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“We should fund CBP, do it for 10 years.”
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“There's a very real chance right now it's substantially more likely than not that we will lose at least the House in November.”
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“September 30th budget funding is going to expire again.”
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“Right now the Democrats are going to force another shutdown. 100%.”
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“Indexing capital gains to inflation would have a massive positive stimulus effect for the economy.”
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“Every time the Democrats had had the House, the Senate and the White House, they pass fundamental transformations of this country.”
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“ICE and CBP are the tent pole.”
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