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AverageOldGuy

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3. Fetterman . . . acting the asshole as usual

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 01:03 AM

15 hrs ago

From Washington Post front page article:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/12/congress-homeland-security-shutdown/

Every Democrat except one — Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) — voted Thursday against advancing legislation to fund DHS through Sept. 30 before lawmakers left town for a week-long recess.

Meanwhile, Sen Chris Murphy holds the line.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) also blocked Republicans from extending DHS funding for two weeks, arguing that Democrats could not send the agency more money without new restraints on its agents.

“We have a constitutional obligation to only fund a Department of Homeland Security that is obeying the law, and this Department of Homeland Security is not obeying the law,” Murphy said on the Senate floor.

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Fetterman . . . acting the asshole as usual AverageOldGuy 15 hrs ago #3