Himes says Congress has ‘gotten too used to using shutdowns’ for leverage

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said Sunday that Congress has grown excessively accustomed to shutting down the authorities arsenic leverage to walk legislation, arsenic the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains unfunded. “We person gotten excessively utilized to utilizing shutdowns arsenic a mechanics of getting what we privation legislatively,” the Connecticut Democrat told big Margaret Brennan…