DHS Shutdown May Be Over Soon As Senate Races Toward Off Ramp

By Andi Shae Napier

Following a breakthrough Monday night meeting between Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump, a deal to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security may finally be in sight after a costly, prolonged government shutdown.

The talks centered on funding all Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and instead tackling the law enforcement agency in a separate reconciliation bill — a deal Trump initially turned down on Sunday. The lawmakers went to the Oval Office to advance the proposal after Trump called on the upper chamber to stay in session through a two-week Easter recess if DHS remained shut down.

A White House official said Tuesday — the 39th day of the Democratic-driven partial shutdown — that the deal being workshopped “seems to be an acceptable solution,” according to Politico…

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