Senate Finds 70 Billion for Guards as Workers Starve #
Senator Lindsey Graham stood in Washington on Thursday to announce a $70 billion windfall for the men with guns, even as the civilian state reaches a terminal payroll cliff. The Senate advanced a budget resolution designed to bypass Democratic opposition and fully fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through the end of the Trump presidency. According to the resolution text, the Republican plan utilizes a rarely used procedure known as budget reconciliation to secure…