Himes says Congress has 'gotten too used to using shutdowns' for leverage
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Himes says Congress has 'gotten too used to using shutdowns' for leverage

March 29, 2026
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Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said Sunday that Congress has grown too accustomed to shutting down the government as leverage to pass legislation, as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains unfunded. “We have gotten too used to using shutdowns as a mechanism of getting what we want legislatively,” the Connecticut Democrat told host Margaret Brennan...

Himes says Congress has 'gotten too used to using shutdowns' for leverage
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