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Several House members still planned to travel to the conference on their own including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Yassamin Ansari and Sara Jacobs are scheduled to speak on panels this weekend and scrambled to book commercial flights to Germany after Mr Johnson called off the official trip

Yassamin Ansari said she looked forward to discussing with foreign allies how the United States could rebuild soft power after an era of chaotic foreign incursions mixed with isolationist lies

The security order that has bound together the West and much of the rest of the world since the end of World War II is under attack from President Trump and like-minded leaders

Yassamin Ansari Jason Crow and Sara Jacobs are also traveling to the security summit independently

Lisa Murkowski Mark Warner Chris Coons and Richard Blumenthal are traveling with them

Senator Eric Schmitt criticized Democratic senators for blocking G.O.P. proposals to fund the department then boarding a government plane bound for the conference

Senator Lindsey Graham is leading a bipartisan convoy of 11 senators along with Sheldon Whitehouse

Several senators departed Capitol Hill on Thursday bound for Germany

Mr Schmitt said they are going to shut that down and then fly to Munich on the taxpayer dime and trash President Trump’s foreign policy to Europeans

Some Democrats suggested Mr Johnson's decision was motivated by a desire to punish them for holding up homeland security funding

Lawmakers could have returned to Washington within two days to vote if Republicans and Democrats reached a homeland security funding deal according to Mr Smith

Jeanne Shaheen plans to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky Mark Rutte and the prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland

Another bipartisan delegation led by Senator Jeanne Shaheen flew out on Thursday

The Defense and State Departments are fully funded and at no risk of shutting down and the Department of Homeland Security plays no role in congressional delegations

Senator Thom Tillis is set to meet with European leaders in Munich alongside Senators Mark Kelly and Chris Murphy

Some Republicans argued Democrats should not be allowed to make the trip given the spending impasse