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So that means there was one or two senators on the floor.
By voice vote, most of the senators have gone to sleep.
And so what it meant is nobody objected.
That means the funding is now out of the Senate.
It will go to the House.
The House will take it up and pass it.
But it means we're going to end up having Coast Guard getting their paychecks.
We're going to end up having FEMA getting their paychecks.
We're going to end up having DHS getting their paychecks.
We're going to end up having Secret Service getting their paychecks.
So that's good.
That funding is good.
Now, here's what the Democrats insisted upon.
It's actually amazing because a few days ago, Chuck Schumer went on TV.
He went on Joe Scarborough.
And he said the Democrats were willing to fund everything except for ICE ERO.
Now, what does that mean?
ICE is Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
And ERO are the agents that go and find illegal aliens and arrest them and deport them.
And so that's about half of ICE's budget.