US EditionLeavitt calls on Congress to end Easter recess to work on DHS shutdown
Trump ordered TSA paychecks while the broader department remains unfunded, and Leavitt said airports will not be normal until Congress acts.
- 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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Trump Says He May Call Congress Back
President Trump told the New York Post he is considering calling Congress back to Washington to work on approving funding for the Department of Homeland Security.Said Trump: “It’s something that’s under consideration... Maybe we’ll let them have Easter."
White House: POTUS Is Urging Congress to Suspend Recess, Fund DHS
The White House said Monday that President Donald Trump is urging lawmakers to come back from their paid recess and work on funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The post White House: POTUS Is Urging Congress to Suspend Recess and Fund DHS appeared first on Breitbart.
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…
White House calls on Congress to return to Washington from Spring Break to fund DHS
President Donald Trump wants Congress to cancel the rest of its two-week recess and return to Washington, D.C., to pass a funding deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. Leavitt said during a press briefing that the president is…
Karoline Leavitt Says Trump Wants Congress To Hightail It Back From Vacation And Finally Reopen DHS
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that President Donald Trump wants Congress to end their two-week vacation and finally reopen the DHS.
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