Sean CastenAnd there it is. DHS and TSA aren't getting paid because Trump doesn't want to pay them, and Thune & Johnson are too afraid to act like the leaders of co-equal branch they claim to be to call the vote and force the question.
Flaming Cheeto@SeanCasten I'm also interpreting this to mean that if Congress passed that compromise with veto-proof margins that the executive branch still wouldn't cut the checks.