House Passes 60-Day CR for DHS, But It Doesn’t Matter

By Matt Vespa

There is some relief for TSA agents who haven’t been paid in weeks, as President Trump authorized Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to use funds from last year’s tax cut bill to cover their salaries. The civilian support staff for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol will have to wait another two weeks for their salaries.

The DHS shutdown continues as the House rejected the Senate’s midnight funding measure, which it had passed by voice vote before leaving D.C. This move outraged House Republicans, who weren’t consulted, and put them in a procedural bind. The Senate’s bill funded DHS, except for ICE and Border Patrol, and promised more money, but offered none of the reforms Democrats want in a future reconciliation package. House conservatives believed fully funding DHS was crucial, and it is part of the 12 key appropriations bills passed each year.

The House opted to pass a 60-day continuing resolution on a 213-203 vote, though it faces certain death in the Senate. Republicans need more than half a dozen Democrats to break ranks. That’s not going to happen…

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