Bennie Thompson: “I still believe in America. I don't see us becoming a bully.”

There you have it. House Republicans have an hour to debate a nonbinding symbolic resolution but not even a few seconds to do the job that would actually pay our DHS workers. This is the Republican DHS shutdown.

Essentially turning them into 'jails,' which the Mississippi Democrat says would constitute a misuse of the facilities.

The department was using 'flat out wrong anti-union talking points.'

The department was using flat out wrong anti-union talking points.