US EditionHouse Republicans poised to reject Senate-passed DHS funding bill, likely extending standoff
House conservatives oppose the Senate bill for excluding funding for immigration enforcement agencies, risking extended DHS shutdown amid ongoing TSA staffing shortages and airport delays.
- On Friday, Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republican leadership declared they will not vote on the Senate's DHS funding bill, which excludes funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
- Senators approved the partial funding package by unanimous consent early Friday before starting a two-week recess, leaving the House to resolve the 42-day shutdown that has caused significant airport delays and staff resignations.
- House Conference Chair Lisa McClain called the plan "garbage," demanding the restoration of ICE and Border Patrol funding alongside voter identification provisions before any House vote occurs.
- President Donald Trump announced plans to pay TSA agents using 2025 tax bill funds to stem airport "Chaos at the Airports," though the stalemate persists amid the funding impasse.
- Sixty-Day funding measures are being considered as the legislative impasse leaves the department's operations uncertain, with federal workers facing potential continued financial hardship during the ongoing government shutdown.
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House GOP Conjures Up Conspiracy Theories About Senate-Passed DHS Bill
Shortly after President Donald Trump on Friday signed a presidential memo directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees, a key House committee meeting descended into conspiracy theories as it debated whether to take action on a Senate bill that would do the same. Trump’s executive action, on dubious authority, comes as the Senate-passed bill that would fund DHS without Immigrat…
U.S. senators aroused hope for an end to the partial shutdown in the Home Department when they approved a draft budget. However, the House of Representatives is less pleased with it.The Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives consider a bill approved by the Senate to be insufficient to finance the Department of Homeland Security.The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, called the bill "witness" and added: "So we will d…
'A Joke': House Republicans Reject Senate's DHS Funding Deal
House Republicans rejected a Senate-passed package Friday that would fund a majority of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and instead proposed a short-term measure that would fund the entire department for eight weeks. “This gambit that was done last night is a joke. I’m quite convinced that it can’t be that every Senate Republican read the language of this bill,” Speaker Mike Johnson said to reporters on Friday. “We’re not doing that.”J…
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