Republicans use Iran strikes to pressure Dems in DHS funding fight

Republicans on Capitol Hill are capitalizing on the strike against Iran to pressure their colleagues into funding the Department of Homeland Security — without any of the policy changes that Democrats have been demanding as a condition of reopening the shuttered agency.

They argue that Saturday’s military action increases the threats of retaliatory terror attacks on the U.S. mainland and, given that, fully restoring DHS operations should be prioritized over partisan squabbles.

“Let’s get DHS funded,” Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), who sits on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Sunday on ABC News. “We need to make sure we’re defending the homeland by also funding what’s here at home.”

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