US EditionLawmakers Struggle to Fund DHS
Senator Markwayne Mullin called on lawmakers to resolve the Department of Homeland Security funding impasse, which remains unresolved this week, risking agency operations.
- Sen. Mullin urged Congress to end a DHS funding lapse this week, highlighting lawmakers' ongoing impasse and the department's operational risks.
- Because lawmakers remain deadlocked, this week political impasse has left DHS without current funding, prompting the lapse.
- In Washington, Mullin publicly urged colleagues to resolve the funding lapse, with his status as the president's nominee to run DHS adding urgency to his plea.
- The lapse has already prompted high-level intervention and public pleas, signaling near-term urgency for Congress to act, as DHS operations face operational strain.
- Mullin's plea this week highlights ongoing risk as lawmakers remain deadlocked, linking his Senate duties to his pending nomination and emphasizing the need for congressional action.
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Lawmakers struggle to make headway on Homeland Security funding
Lawmakers appear far from ending a funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security. President Donald Trump's nominee to run the department, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, has pleaded with colleagues to resolve the impasse. But there was little sign of a…
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Bismarck TribuneLawmakers struggle to fund DHS
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers appear far from ending a funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security even as the president's nominee to run the department, Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, pleaded with colleagues to resolve the impasse.
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Lawmakers struggle to make headway on Homeland Security
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers appear far from ending a funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security even as the president's nominee to run the department, Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, pleaded with colleagues to resolve the impasse.
While Markwayne Mullin, a mixed martial arts fighter from Oklahoma, is a step away from taking over the reins of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), most of the agencies that depend on him are without resources since February 14th. That day fiscal closure was ordered because the Senate failed to pass a fund allocation law for the agency. Since then, more than 100,000 key officials from the secret services, the transportation security…
Bartlesville Radio » News » Shutdown Theater Hits Homeland Security Hearing
In what can only be described as a live demonstration of “what’s not working,” U.S. Senator James Lankford spent his time questioning fellow Oklahoman and DHS Secretary nominee Markwayne Mullin by confirming, one agency at a time, that much of the Department of Homeland Security currently isn’t funded. FEMA? No. TSA? Also no. Secret Service? Still no. By the time the list wrapped, the takeaway was less “robust federal infrastructure” and more “h…
Lawmakers struggle with Homeland Security funding
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers appear far from ending a funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security even as the president’s nominee to run the department, Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, pleaded with colleagues Wednesday to resolve the impasse.
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