Senate conservatives seek to sink government funding package in House [View all]
Source: The Hill
02/03/26 6:00 AM ET
Senate conservatives led by Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) are working to sink the Senate-passed government funding package in the House, warning that it threatens to leave the Department of Homeland Security unfunded while doing little to rein in the growth in federal spending.
They’re demanding that full-year funding for Homeland Security be put back into the bill along with legislation to place stricter requirements on voter registration — two demands that would need to be approved by the Senate before going to President Trump for a signature.
Scott, who ran for Senate majority leader after the 2024 election, is venting frustration shared by other Senate conservatives who feel that their party’s leaders are in full retreat after the fatal shooting of two protesters in Minneapolis.
“I don’t understand why anybody would support it,” Scott told The Hill on Monday.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5719375-homeland-security-senate-republicans-house-shutdown/
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