The clock is ticking. Republicans in Congress, led by Speaker Mike Johnson (La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (S.D.), have had to work at a frantic pace to get all 12 appropriations bills to the president’s desk before time runs out at the end of the month. They probably won't make it. Events in Minneapolis have the Democrats threatening to block the bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security, even though Immigration and Customs Enforcement was already funded by previous