(Kennedy claims Monarez volunteered the information when he asked her if she were trustworthy, which certainly sounds like human beings communicating.) Mullin spent most of his time trying to catch Monarez in petty gotchas such as when exactly she hired her lawyers. Mullin told her that the meeting had been recorded. The Republicans in the Senate voted 47–45 to reject a Democratic proposal that would have funded the government through October 31. I give Schumer credit for adding that bit about the president’s clearly illegal impoundment of funds already passed by Congress.