CD092: The Story of the DHS Almost-Shutdown

Congressional Dish

Jennifer Briney

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🗓️ 5 March 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On February 27, 2015 the Department of Homeland Security came within hours of shutting down. In this episode, get the full story, from start to finish, of this unnecessary funding crisis. Please support Congressional Dish: to contribute with PayPal or Bitcoin; click the PayPal "Make it Monthly" checkbox to create a monthly subscription to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Information Discussed in this Episode : The DHS funding bill that was signed into law : The Dingleberry Version Theoretically and Memorandum regarding immigration going back to 2011. an executive order that . a DHS memorandum that , with criminals being kicked out first. an executive order that allows the to stay in the United States. The "Crazy" Ones List And here are the 52 Republicans who voted against the DHS bill. — Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) Speaker Boehner Clarifies the Rules on February 26, 2015, the day before the DHS funding would have run out. Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: by (found on by mevio) We've Got to Find a Solution by (found on by mevio) There's No Place Like America by (found on by mevio)

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0:00.0	I am so damn tired of being like to.
0:05.0	I don't think I can't deny it anymore. You can stick to your story if you think it flies but I'm not going to buy it anymore.
0:31.0	Hi friends, thanks for tuning into the 92nd episode of Congressional dish.
0:34.4	I'm your host Jennifer Briny.
0:36.8	This is going to be a short episode in which I'm going to tell you about how the Department
0:41.6	of Homeland Security got funded for the rest of the year.
0:45.0	In this episode I'm going to tell you the full story of this crisis from start to finish, wrapping it up with a tiny little bow.
0:55.5	This is going to be a quick episode, but I want to make sure that we deposit this latest
0:58.8	Dingellberry Saga into our brainbanks and not forget that it happened.
1:03.0	At the end of this episode I'm also going to thank everyone who pitched in to help out the show in February.
1:08.0	February was much better support-wise than January was.
1:12.0	And we even have a new front runner in the
1:14.0	congressional dish arms race one that seriously stepped up the game.
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