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Trump: No shutdown deal until Democrats support SAVE America Act
Trump demands GOP block DHS funding deal until Democrats pass the SAVE America Act, a bill with strict voting ID rules and social policies, backed by 71% of voters, polls show.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump demanded that any Department of Homeland Security funding deal include the SAVE America Act, which requires voter ID and proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.
- The Department of Homeland Security has been unfunded since February 14, leaving Transportation Security Administration officers without pay for five weeks and prompting widespread absences and resignations among airport security staff.
- Trump ordered ICE agents to deploy at major airports starting Monday to assist security screenings, while calling a proposed $5 billion cut to ICE funding "unacceptable" unless his legislative demands are included.
- Senate Democrats continue blocking the SAVE America Act as voter suppression legislation, while Trump pressured Senate Majority Leader John Thune to publicly identify Republicans opposing his bundled bill, threatening their re-election.
- The impasse enters its 36th day with the bill requiring 60 votes to overcome the filibuster, yet polling shows 83% of citizens support voter ID requirements, complicating Senate Democrats' unified opposition.
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'Make this one for Jesus': Trump curses as he demands passing voter ID bill for Christ
President Donald Trump cursed as he told Republicans to pass a restrictive voter identification bill "for Jesus."During a Monday event in Memphis, the president said he was tying Department of Homeland Security funding to the SAVE America Act, a bill that would require a passport or birth certificat...
Trump demands his election rigging plan be approved 'for Jesus' in wild rant
Giving a speech in Memphis, Tennessee, Trump said he was going to order Republicans to withhold funding from the Department of Homeland Security until the Senate passes his bill to pass the so-called "SAVE America Act"
Trump Blows Up DHS Deal, Chooses ICE Airport Chaos Instead
Senate Republicans had a deal to end the DHS shutdown, but Trump chose ICE airport chaos instead. The president is throwing a tantrum over the SAVE America Act, so now American travelers are paying the price.
TSA chaos could last longer due to Trump's new demand
Trump said that no deal on DHS funding should be made unless the SAVE America Act, a bill with little chance of becoming law, is passed first.Roberto Schmidt/Getty ImagesTSA chaos at airports continued over the weekend as senators remain at odds over DHS funding.Now, Trump is stepping in with a new demand that could further complicate things.Trump said there should be no DHS funding deal unless a separate, long shot bill is passed first.Those lo…
Donald Trump, this Sunday urged Republicans not to negotiate any agreement with the Democrats in the Senate until they pass his bill that would require mandatory identity proof from anyone who registers to vote in federal elections. “I don’t think we should reach any agreement with the country’s radical left-wing, insane and destructive Democrats, unless they vote with the Republicans to pass the ‘Law to Save the United States’. It’s much more i…
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