Facing a January 30 deadline for another federal government shutdown, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Tuesday that the Democratic leadership would not seek to block funding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other units of the Department of Homeland Security.

The American Prospect reported that several Democrats in closely contested districts would be voting for the ICE appropriation. “They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement,” an unnamed source told the liberal magazine. “They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”

  • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    37·
    10 days ago

    The vote was 220 to 207, with 7 Democrats voting for it. If they voted against it would have been 213-214.

    Soooo, yeah, it fucking mattered.

    • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      101·
      10 days ago

      Ugh…

      From another article: https://time.com/7357264/ice-funding-bill-dhs-congress/

      Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, echoed that argument, warning that denying funding altogether could worsen the situation by handing Trump greater discretion through a stopgap funding law. “The hard truth,” she said, “is that Democrats must win political power to enact the kind of accountability we need.”

      Democrat politicians always think they need to win before they inspire, forgetting that they need to inspire before they win. It’s so so dumb. Take a stand for your voters and for what’s right, you idiots.

      I know most voted against it. I blame these seven, and Jefferies. What a disappointment he’s been.

    • ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz
      12·
      9 days ago

      Only 7? You would’ve thought all of them voted for it based on the generalizations from this sub. This will certainly convince centrists to take your point of view.