Senate Democrats asked Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper for an accounting of the $152 billion the Department of Homeland Security got from Republicans’ tax-and-spending law last year.
Twenty-one senators sent a letter to Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel Wednesday seeking “an independent assessment of” how much of the long-term funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol have spent during the ongoing shutdown of DHS.
“Congress has a responsibility to ensure that federal agencies are not using taxpayer dollars in ways that vitiate Americans’ civil rights or expand executive overreach,” the senators, led by Senate Budget Committee ranking member ...