US EditionNebraska’s Flood Opposes GOP Plan to Fund DHS in Parts
Republicans want to use reconciliation to keep immigration enforcement agencies funded while avoiding Democrats’ proposed restrictions, as DHS remains shuttered after 55 days.
- Congress returns Monday after a two-week recess facing a 55-day Department of Homeland Security shutdown, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, though ICE and CBP operations remain unaffected.
- Republican leaders plan to reopen DHS by stripping ICE and CBP funding from legislation that already passed the Senate and requires House approval to reach President Donald Trump.
- The White House sent Congress a $2.1 trillion budget request, while Republicans plan to use a reconciliation bill—dubbed the "One Big Beautiful Bill"—to provide agencies an over $70 billion funding boost.
- House Republican leadership scheduled a vote Wednesday to extend FISA Section 702 without privacy reforms, though some lawmakers worry warrantless surveillance violates Americans' Fourth Amendment rights.
- The House Budget Committee will hold a hearing Tuesday regarding the president's proposal, while Senate Republican leaders are huddling to drop the budget resolution text as soon as next week.
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Nebraska’s Flood opposes GOP plan to fund DHS in parts
A split in Congress over ICE and Border Patrol funding is prolonging a shutdown. Rep. Mike Flood says a partisan fix could backfire.
Christmas Vacation and Congress: 'We're all in misery' amid the ongoing DHS shutdown – Democratic Accent
If you thought the Congressional appropriations process couldn’t get any worse, I present you with 2026. And perhaps beyond. The Department of Homeland Security remains shut down, running on pocket lint, nickels lost between the couch cushions and faded S&H Green Stamps (look ‘em up, kids). Congress hasn’t funded DHS for two months. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., torqued himself into a political pretzel – opposing, then supporting, then not …
Christmas Vacation and Congress: 'We're all in misery' amid the ongoing DHS shutdown
Fox News' Chief Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram discusses ongoing DHS shutdown and funding gridlock as political divisions and election pressures threaten even deeper government crises ahead.
Lawmakers Turn to Reconciliation to Fund DHS After Two-Month Lapse
Republican leaders and the White House are pursuing budget reconciliation to fund the Department of Homeland Security after about two months without full funding, the commentary said, a move that could bypass the Senate filibuster but deepen partisan and procedural strains.
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