Summary
Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced that Republicans made a final offer to Democrats to resolve a funding disagreement involving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Additionally, a Democratic Congresswoman faced an ethics hearing, and a federal judge decided not to dismiss a legal case against Venezuela's ousted President Nicolás Maduro.
Key Facts
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune is involved in talks to resolve DHS funding.
- Republicans have made a "last and final" offer to Democrats in this issue.
- The disagreement is causing a funding problem for the DHS.
- Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick attended an ethics hearing in Congress.
- The ethics hearing for Cherfilus-McCormick is a rare public event.
- A federal judge chose not to dismiss a case against Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's ousted President.
- The case involving Maduro concerns a dispute over legal fees.
