On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) argued that the DHS shutdown didn’t backfire because “what was really important to my constituents is that they saw us fighting to get basic, commonsense guardrails on how these reckless and lawless federal agents were behaving. And we might not be in power in Washington, but people expect to see us using our power to fight for them.”

Co-host Kailey Leinz asked, “Well, when we consider the Republican reconciliation package, Senator, obviously, it would be an aim to fund ICE and CBP for three-and-a-half years. Republicans would be able to do this on a partisan…

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