Sen. John Hoeven Stays in Washington, D.C. as DHS Funding Negotiations Continue

Sen. John Hoeven stays in Washington, D.C. as DHS funding negotiations continue

Right now, lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are on recess for Easter. But not every lawmaker returned to their home state. Senator John Hoeven stuck around in D.C. on Monday after lawmakers failed to pass a DHS funding bill.

Op-Ed: Michael Fragoso: Not one Senator opposed the plan to fund DHS and go on recess, so hold the fake outrage

Why did the Senate leave for its Easter recess? Or, perhaps more importantly, why won’t it come back? These are the questions that seem to be on every X activist’s mind. They’re being egged on by certain Senate Republicans who are demanding, in the most strident terms, that the Senate return from its recess, with some going so far as to urge President Trump to invoke his power to call the Senate back into session. Here’s the thing: it’s all fake…