Senior House Democrats are going in different directions on a massive funding bill headed to the House floor as soon as Tuesday, underscoring the sharp divisions inside the Democratic ranks on the $1.2 trillion spending package.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said Monday she would vote for the funding package when it goes to the floor Tuesday — breaking with a large swath of colleagues who oppose the measure over its extension of Homeland Security funding, including immigration enforcement operations.
“I will support this package,” DeLauro said during Monday meeting of the Rules Committee. She noted it secures funding for the five-full year, bipartisan bills and extends funding at current levels for DHS for 10 days.
DeLauro said without the DHS stopgap Democrats “won’t be able to bring the kinds of pressure” necessary to make changes to the full-year DHS bill they’re negotiating with the White House.
But Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, the top Rules Democrat, said he was dead-set against the bill due to the DHS funding.
“I will not vote for business as usual while masked agents break into people’s homes without a judicial warrant, in violation of the Fourth Amendment,” he said.
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Oh I’d love to fucking hear a single example of Democrats achieving anything via “pressure” over the past year.
Republicans: we want a $150 Trillion budget for ICE or we’ll eliminate SNAP benefits.
Democrats: outrageous! We’ll allow you to eliminate SNAP benefits for children and the homeless, but there’s no way we’re giving ICE a penny more than $200 Billion!
Republicans: you drive a hard bargain. We begrudgingly agree.
Democrats: See we do work for the American people. This deal isn’t perfect, but don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.