The bipartisan legislation is largely non-controversial, though Democrats are split on funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the bill.
Health care policy experts have been puzzled by the drop, but offered other explanations such as increased use of naloxone to reverse fentanyl overdoses.
The state’s budget chief told a committee that her employees ‘work as hard as we can’ to monitor funds, but ’state government is about as complex as it gets.’
Democratic leaders say they’ll vote no on the DHS funding bill unless Republicans accept tougher ICE guardrails, as Rep. Rosa DeLauro cites bill changes.
Trump has underscored the nature of his authority under Article II of the Constitution, which vests the federal government’s executive power in the president.
The U.S. president said the United States will handle Russia as his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accuses European nations of projecting ‘weakness.’