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DHS Shutdown Set to Stretch on with Congress on 2-Week Break
House Republicans passed a stopgap to fund DHS fully through May 22 after rejecting the Senate's bill that excluded ICE funding, prolonging the longest DHS shutdown.
- On Friday, the House passed a 60-day continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security through May 22, with support from three Democrats. The measure sidesteps the Senate's bipartisan proposal.
- House Republicans rejected the Senate's bipartisan funding package late last week, citing exclusion of funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection . The shutdown has now reached 45 days, the longest in history.
- Following President Donald Trump's executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration employees, Border Czar Tom Homan said payments are set to begin on Monday. "We'll be there as long as they need us," Homan said of ICE agents assisting at airports.
- Neither chamber plans to return to Washington until the week of April 13, ensuring the DHS shutdown will persist. Without agreement between the House and Senate on unified legislation, the agency remains unfunded.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune is working with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to determine if agreement on DHS funding is possible. A Schumer spokesperson said Democrats "made clear that Democrats would not accept anything less than what was passed unanimously by the Senate.
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DHS Shutdown Grinds on With Capitol Empty
After the House rejected the Senate’s attempt to partially fund the Department of Homeland Security, Congress is at a loss for how to resolve the ongoing shutdown. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday pushed Congress to work expeditiously to fund the department. “It is the job of Congress to fund these agencies,” said Leavitt, “Congress should come back, and they should get it done.” Early Friday morning, the Senate passed a ho…
With Congress on break and TSA agents paid, DHS shutdown likely to persist
With Congress on break and TSA agents paid, DHS shutdown likely to persist Senate Majority Leader John Thune told his Republican colleagues over the weekend he'd only bring them back from a two-week recess if a deal was reached with Democrats to realistically pass something. WASHINGTON – After…
GOP faces 'real problem' as DHS shutdown prolongs: Bob Cusack
Washington Examiner Executive Editor Bob Cusack said he doesn’t see an “easy compromise” as congressional Republicans continue to butt heads on how to end the partial government shutdown. Republicans in both the House and the Senate have two different proposals for how to fund the Department of Homeland Security and end its weekslong shutdown. The Senate passed a deal that excluded money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which was promptl…
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