Stephen Dennis

You know, at some point you need money from Congress.

for the Defense Department, for the war.

And right now, it's kind of unclear if he's going to get anything close to the $400 or $500 billion increase he wants to help prosecute this war and future wars, potentially.

And that's sort of an open question.

There's a lot of nervousness, even among Republicans who didn't vote for these war resolutions in the House and the Senate.

These Republicans had a choice.

They could have taken down the bill and forced changes, and they didn't.

Ultimately, all the Republicans basically want this underlying bill, which will fund immigration enforcement for the next three years and bypass Democrats, because the Democrats, after Alex Pettis' shooting at the beginning of the year, were insisting we need to unmask ICE agents, we need judicial warrants, and the Republicans said no.

And so that's what this drama has all been about.

These Republicans had a choice.

They could have taken down the bill and forced changes, and they didn't.

Ultimately, all the Republicans basically want this underlying bill, which will fund immigration enforcement for the next three years,

and bypass Democrats, because the Democrats, after Alex Pettis' shooting at the beginning of the year, were insisting we need to unmask ICE agents, we need judicial warrants, and the Republicans said no.

And so that's what this drama has all been about.