Eric McDaniel
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1,523 appearances
119 recordings
4 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 4d ago
Eric McDaniel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Public opinion started to turn on immigration enforcement after federal agents killed two American citizens in Minnesota early in the year.
And Democrats, of course, shut down the agency that oversees immigration enforcement for months in a failed effort to secure reforms like body cameras and limits on face covering, stuff like that.
At one point, Republicans thought this could be a straightforward party line process.
Then President Trump launched the nearly $2 billion pot of taxpayer money that could be used to make payouts to, among others, January 6th insurrectionists.
That complicated the path to passage.
Lawmakers of both parties were upset.
And the fund was the target of multiple amendment votes during the all-day debate on this package.
Now the deal heads to the House, which is expected to take up the legislation and send it to the president's desk before leaving town this weekend.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, the Capitol.
The $70 billion package is meant to fund immigration and customs enforcement as well as border patrol for the rest of the president's time in the White House.
Republicans thought they'd found a path to pass it on a party-line vote.
Democrats don't support the funding.
But some GOP lawmakers are now demanding an end to President Trump's self-allocated anti-weaponization fund before they advance the package.
Trump's acting attorney general told Congress the fund can be used to pay insurrectionists who threatened lawmakers and attacked the Capitol building on January 6, 2021.
Recent conflicting statements from the administration on whether it's decided to unilaterally end the payout fund have not helped matters.
Amendment votes and negotiations will continue into the evening.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, the Capitol.
The $70 billion package is meant to fund immigration and customs enforcement as well as border patrol for the rest of the president's time in the White House.
Republicans thought they'd found a path to pass it on a party-line vote.
Democrats don't support the funding.
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