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Search results for "Mike Johnson caves to Democrats' DHS funding bill demands"

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on June 27, 2018 in an interview with The Intercept:
"ICE is required to fill 34,000 beds with detainees every single night and that number has only been increasing since 2009."
By Lucia Geng• July 6, 2018
Michael McCaul stated on January 19, 2024 in an impeachment hearing:
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' border policy is "personally responsible" for fentanyl crossing the border
By Bayliss Wagner• February 12, 2024
Mike Johnson stated on October 05, 2025 in an X post:
“As a condition for ending the Democrat shutdown, Democrats want hospitals (to be) paid MORE to treat illegal aliens than American citizens.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 9, 2025
Pat Toomey stated on June 27, 2016 in a statement:
"Sanctuary cities such as Philadelphia refuse to cooperate with the federal government in locating suspected terrorists who are in their custody and are in the country illegally."
By Anna Orso• July 8, 2016
Mike Johnson stated on May 25, 2025 in a "Face the Nation" episode:
“We are not cutting” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
By Loreben Tuquero• May 29, 2025
Jacky Rosen stated on June 08, 2018 in a campaign press release:
Says Dean Heller helped "craft a partisan repeal bill that also would have slashed coverage protections for people with pre-existing conditions."  
By Jon Greenberg• June 13, 2018
Mike Johnson stated on November 05, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
“Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 7, 2023
Chris Van Hollen stated on April 10, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"The Republicans have demanded deep cuts in education. They've demanded cuts in cancer research and other research to find cures and treatments to diseases."
By Louis Jacobson• April 15, 2011
Justin Hewlett stated on May 16, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:
Says the majority of candidates in Texas’ 25th Congressional District live outside the district.
By W. Gardner Selby• May 23, 2012
Ron Johnson stated on February 12, 2021 in Twitter:
“Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.”
By D.L. Davis• March 1, 2021
Kelda Helen Roys stated on July 09, 2012 in news conference remarks:
Says she "stood up to" Gov. Scott Walker on tax cuts "for wealthy corporations" while her congressional opponent voted with Walker.
By Dave Umhoefer• July 13, 2012
Mike Pence stated on March 07, 2022 in an ad from Advancing American Freedom:
Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone pipeline "dramatically increased Americans' dependence on Russian oil."
By Tom Kertscher• March 11, 2022
X posts stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:
California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.”
By Grace Abels• May 5, 2025
Pete Buttigieg stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet:
Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers."
By Louis Jacobson• August 30, 2019
Pete Buttigieg stated on August 05, 2019 in a Medium post:
"The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism."
By Amy Sherman• August 9, 2019
Russ Feingold stated on September 06, 2016 in a radio ad:
Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse.
By Tom Kertscher• October 26, 2016
Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Nancy Pelosi busted, Speaker (Mike) Johnson just released it for everyone to see.”
By Sara Swann• April 12, 2024
Francesca Hong stated on October 25, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson "opposes Social Security benefits."
By Sophia Voight• November 17, 2023
Ruben Kihuen stated on August 15, 2016 in a press conference:
"In Congress, (Cresent Hardy) voted to defund DACA."
By Riley Snyder• August 25, 2016
Ron Johnson stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview:
The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did."  
By Tom Kertscher• September 22, 2017

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