Ellen M. Gilmer

US lawmakers are seeking answers and bolstered security following the deadly attacks on Minnesota state lawmakers over the weekend. "We are out there every day exposed," Rep. Lou Correa told me story w/ @lil_byington https://t.co/9SYkNlcyyN

Last night Senate GOP laid out plan to fund Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda with $150B+ in a Judiciary bill and homeland text from Lindsey Graham that’s designed to supplant the actual (lower $) Homeland committee text Rand Paul released last night https://t.co/FLAFD95ckV

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RT @BLaw: The Trump administration must pull back on its use of military troops in Los Angeles to deal with protests over the president’s i…

Border security would receive almost $40B in the Senate homeland panel's portion of reconciliation — a steep drop from the House’s version of the legislation. GOP leaders have already begun working around Rand Paul to ensure more robust funding https://t.co/Ov24O4sYoT

Padilla’s forcible removal drew fast backlash from Dems, who called for investigations. HSGAC ranker Gary Peters called for committee action. But GOP blamed Padilla, showing the challenges Dems will face in taking action @lil_byington @MaeveSheehey & me: https://t.co/YfCLXqKeeE

A stunning escalation of conflict between the Trump admin and Dem members of Congress on immigration

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_

BREAKING: California Democratic Senator @AlexPadilla4CA just crashed DHS Secretary Noem’s press conference in LA and was forcibly removed. https://t.co/Q2sUWiImAM

Rand Paul, Senate homeland security chair, acknowledged his bargain border funding plan is unlikely to win out as GOP colleagues push for billions more dollars in funding https://t.co/gHD26Se56Z

Rand Paul to me on border $$ in reconciliation amid fight over HSGAC text, where he plans to include way less $$ for border than the House did "It’ll be the whatever the consensus is. I doubt they will adopt my plan, but there was at least more openness to it than I thought”

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ICYMI big discrepancies in store for the Senate vs. House versions of border security piece of reconciliation

Ellen M. Gilmer @ellengilmer

Senate Homeland will release its portion of reconciliation text as soon as today with "about half as much money" as what the House proposed in its homeland section, HSGAC Chairman Rand Paul tells me "It’ll actually be the conservative version" he said https://t.co/88dDfKTVHO