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... In the committee room, it unfolded in split-screen fashion: Republican senators hewed to the pre-scheduled topic by drilling down on China and the fentanyl scourge, while Democrat after Democrat offered sharp criticism over a security breach they called reckless and dangerous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bvn3Quku5E
For example, a Democratic memo said the bill would allow the administration to steer money away from combating fentanyl and instead use it on mass deportation initiatives. Democrats also object to clawing back $20 billion in special IRS funding, on top of the $20 billion rescission approved the year before ...
... will have more leeway to reshape priorities. For example, a Democratic memo said the bill would allow the administration to steer money away from combating fentanyl and instead use it on mass deportation initiatives. "It is not a simple stopgap that keeps the lights on and the doors open," said ...
Spending bills typically come with specific funding directives for key programs, but hundreds of those directives fall away under the legislation. So the administration will have more leeway to reshape priorities. For example, a Democratic memo said the bill would allow the administration to steer money away from combating fentanyl ...
... Canada. He has said that his separate 25 percent tariffs on all imports from Canada, some of which are suspended for a month, are about fentanyl smuggling and objections to Canada putting high taxes on dairy imports that penalize U.S. farmers. He also continued to call for Canada to ...
... market. The U.S. president has given a variety of explanations for his antagonism of Canada, saying that his separate 25 percent tariffs are about fentanyl smuggling and voicing objections to Canada putting high taxes on dairy imports that penalize U.S. farmers. He also continued to call for Canada ...
Amna Nawaz: President Trump has said, I'm sure, as you have heard, that this is about reducing the amount of fentanyl that's crossing the northern border. His White House economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, yesterday just alleged that Canadian authorities aren't going after some secret fentanyl labs in ...
... Mexico. The Canadians and Mexicans responded to the first rounds of tariff by saying they're putting more troops on the border to address the fentanyl and immigration issues. But, so far, that's really small potato. I don't think that's a very significant policy response. So, no ...
... exempt from tariffs until April 2. She said the two countries will continue to work together on migration and security, and to cut back on fentanyl trafficking to the U.S. WATCH: Mexico argues American gunmakers liable for cartel gun violence From January to February, the amount of fentanyl seized ...
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