article_snippet: Over the last two weeks, we have seen a GOP Congress manufacture, then escalate, a political crisis by threatening to shut down the Department of Homeland Security.
article_snippet: And yet Republicans are recklessly putting our national security at risk to protect Republicans own political security.
article_snippet: By failing to do a full extension of DHS funding — holding it hostage with demands that the legislation roll back the President's immigration actions -- Republicans are leaving uncertain the livelihoods of more than 240,000 men and women who proudly serve as employees of the Border Patrol, Transportation Security Administration and other DHS agencies.
article_snippet: All so Republicans can try to score a few cheap political points with Republicans base.
article_snippet: But while this shutdown crisis is scary, what is even scarier is that this dysfunctional governing style is becoming a pattern with the Republican Party.  
article_snippet: These last two months have been a disgrace, a disservice to our country, and the American people won't soon forget what a reckless disaster Republicans in The Republican Congress have turned out to be.
highlights_snippet: On DHS funding, other issues, GOP has prioritized catering to GOP extreme wing and special interests .