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E.J. Fagan
@ejfagan.com

People are reading this way wrong. Schumer detached DHS from the other five bills in return for a two week CR on the DHS bill. Now Democrats can make demands on DHS spending without having to shut down agencies covered in the other five bills. They have way more leverage to get real concessions.

John@johnlk.bsky.social

People just going out here saying the literal opposite of what happened. Thune caved! Thune did! This is a cave by Thune and Senate Republicans, any possible way you cut it.

E.J. Fagan
@ejfagan.com

I'm not sure. Usually that kind of spending pays for new investments (new detention facilities, equipment, etc) rather than salaries for permanent employees. But I haven't read OBBBA closely. Wouldn't be the end of the world to spend down the OBBBA money on day-to-day stuff though.

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Ethan Fletcher
@ethanfletcher.bsky.social

True, but the amount of money is so vast and Trump has repeatedly shown zero hesitation in moving money around without legal authority to do so. The massive DHS slush fund has to be factored in to any analysis of leverage, and in light of it I'm not sure Dems have much at all.

Chief Innovation Officer
@piss.company

Yep, which is why this is a cave. Democrats gave up all their leverage. In two weeks, it won't matter; they'll try to declare victory by giving a couple of hundred million dollars more for training (beer fund/fishing trips).

rampflasdaughter.bsky.social
@rampflasdaughter.bsky.social

thats the thing, if republicans don’t make meaningful concessions, then you don’t pass a funding bill for DHS. government can continue to run normally, which will keep moderate dems happy, and DHS can just start using up the money in their slush fund instead.