Tamara Keith

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Sam, on this pod, we have discussed this many times that congressional Republicans are not doing much to put checks on the administration.

Why is it that funding seems to be a place where we're seeing the most resistance?

Domenico, I do want to talk about the political calculation here because it isn't just ICE.

It's FEMA.

It's the TSA.

Homeland Security includes a lot of things.

Is there a political risk here for Democrats?

And in terms of the politics, something like trying to get a policy change so that ICE agents can't cover their faces is

Is that the kind of thing that resonates with the public?

Sam, I was under the impression that this deadline for the government funding measure –

There was going to be a focus on health care from Democrats because the Obamacare premium support they had been fighting for in the last government shutdown.

It hasn't happened.

There is no deal.

So what happened with that?

Why is no one talking about that?

Back to the shutdown.