Hello Senator Thune, At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP. Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept. You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to. You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to. You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to. Instead, you gave them exactly what they asked for — DHS funding minus immigration enforcement — and called it a win. Let’s be clear: • You caved after 41 days and accepted the opening demand • You handed over a roadmap for future shutdown leverage • You replaced certainty with “maybe” and called it strategy And the precedent? You defend Senate rules when it’s convenient — but at ...