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Law states benefits must be slashed when Social Security and Medicare trust funds run out in early 2030s

Proposal Democrats blocked had limits lawmakers agreed to including $20 million funding for officer-worn body cameras and money for training

Measure would require Homeland Security Department report how it spends $190 billion slush fund Republicans gave it last July

Democrats unanimously agreed spending measure no longer went far enough to rein in immigration enforcement

During last year's 43-day government closure ICE and Border Patrol agents continued work without pay

Republicans allocated $75 billion to ICE and C.B.P. last year which federal immigration officials said they could continue drawing on shutdown

Democrats want to end roving patrols

Federal immigration operations would most likely continue

Shutdown would last at least through next week

Without legislation what Tom Homan says today could be reversed tomorrow

Proposal failed to draw 60 votes necessary to overcome filibuster

House and Senate dismissed lawmakers guaranteeing shutdown of Homeland Security Department

Senator John Fetterman voted with Republicans in favor of spending measure

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CFDA was first published in 1965 and listed 263 programs

Reform will only come when voters start throwing fiscally irresponsible members out of office

Earmarking has contributed to erosion of fiscal responsibility in Washington

Voters need to research subsidies using Internet tools and complain to Congress members about waste

Federal programs deliver subsidies to particular groups and businesses harming taxpayers and damaging the economy

Earmarks refer to items slipped into legislation by lawmakers to benefit activities in their home states