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Christmas Vacation and Congress: 'We're all in misery' amid the ongoing DHS shutdown

If you thought the Congressional appropriations process couldn’t get any worse, I present you with 2026. And perhaps beyond.The Department of Homeland Security remains shut down, running on pocket lint, nickels lost between the couch cushions and faded S&H Green Stamps (look ‘em up, kids). Congress hasn’t funded DHS for two months. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., torqued himself into a political pretzel – opposing, then supporting, then not acting on – a Senate-approved package to fund most of DHS.As we always say, it’s about the math, and when it comes to DHS money, it appears that law...

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