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And some House Republicans want to make it even broader than that to add some affordability measures, to add Trump's election security proof of citizenship bill.
But I think with what is a one or two vote margin to pass things through the House, I just don't see a world in which those provisions make it to the finish line.
Well, he's mostly stayed out of it lately, letting Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune lead the process.
He's been focused on gas prices and Iran, as well as some of the statehouse Republican primaries.
Trump did set a deadline of June 1st for them to have this funding bill on his desk, though.
And I think so far, so good on that front.
But when it comes to Congress, things always do find a way to get stuck.
It's a nearly $75 billion three-year plan to fund the immigration enforcement teams inside of DHS.
But there are some smaller pots of money in the proposal to fund other parts of the agency, including a billion dollars for the Secret Service, targeted at security measures that
for Trump's White House ballroom, or as the White House staff calls it, the East Wing Modernization Project.
The draft legislation says the money cannot be used for construction, which the administration says has been funded so far just through private donations.
Longshot proposals from Congress to use taxpayer money for the project haven't gained any traction.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, Washington.
German Chancellor Frederick Moeller said last week that Iran was humiliating the U.S.
and that the U.S.-Israeli war on the country was ill-considered.
Trump then said MERS doesn't know what he's talking about and announced the troop reduction.
The top armed services Republicans said Germany has complied with America's request to increase its defense spending and has offered logistical support for the war.
In a statement, they wrote that reducing America's presence in Europe risks undermining deterrence and sending the wrong signal to Vladimir Putin.
We expect the department to engage with its oversight committees in the days and weeks ahead on this decision and its implications.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, Washington.