Senate Republicans have now—on 11 separate occasions—blocked bills to fund TSA, FEMA, CISA, Coast Guard, and other important DHS functions, and they’ve blocked pay for TSA 8 times in a row.www.appropriations.senate.gov Senate Republicans Once Again Block TSA Pay—as Airport Lines Worsen & Trump Outright Refuses to Fund TSA Until Congress Passes… United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
Monday, March 23
I forgot to celebrate a year without Facebook! 🎉
Pritzker is probably already cooked, I'm not convinced he'll be able to assemble the Biden coalition if he can't credibly convince left-wing voters that he stands against Israel's efforts to remove the Palestinian people from their historic homeland, and their military campaign that has resulted in tens, possibly hundreds, of thousands of deaths and the destruction of Gaza.
“What we need to do is, we need to get the DHS issues resolved, we need to get the TSA agents paid.”
— Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska
apnews.com ICE officers will begin assisting TSA as shutdown frustrates travelers and screeners President Donald Trump’s decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with security is drawing concerns that their presence may escalate tensions among air travelers and screeners.We must protect our children and ourselves from products whose purpose is not to connect us with the people we care about, and who care about us, but to addict us and manipulate our behavior.
apnews.com Landmark trial in New Mexico to decide whether Meta misled users about children's safety risks Closing arguments are scheduled in a landmark trial where New Mexico prosecutors are accusing social media conglomerate Meta of misleading people about the safety of its platforms for children.Saturday, March 21
Friday, March 20
3:44 p.m. By a vote of 47-37, the Senate did not invoke cloture on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 7147, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026, upon reconsideration.
Democratic Senator Fetterman voted in favor.
Senators not voting: Britt, Coons, Daines, Fischer, Gallego, Kaine, Kelly, Klobuchar, Paul, Schiff, Shaheen, Sheehy, Smith, Tuberville, Whitehouse, and Wicker.
www.dailypress.senate.gov Home - U.S. Senate Daily Press Senate scheduleThe Senate will convene on Saturday at 12:00 noon and resume consideration of the House message to message to accompany S.1383, the legislative vehicle for the SAVE Act. We expect two votes at approximately 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Senate Hea…