It is a shame that it took nearly four months to pass this bill, and even more of an embarrassment that this bill passed on a partisan vote after several attempts at good faith bipartisan negotiations to put in place standards of conduct across federal law enforcement agencies.
Senator King criticizes the partisan nature of the funding bill.
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“You can now lose your primary, not because of your position on abortion or immigration or trade, but because you’re viewed as not sufficiently hostile to the other side,” he said.
President Trump is having enough difficulty doing his job; Congress should take this opportunity to do ours.
“I think somehow we have to get back to the idea that we can have opponents who aren’t enemies,” he added.
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