Speaker Mike Johnson cleared a crucial House rule vote, putting Congress on track to end the government shutdown. The move followed tense GOP negotiations over voter ID and DHS funding.
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Senate Democrats and the White House reached an agreement to avoid a looming partial government shutdown by moving forward with a funding deal and a short-term DHS funding extension. The bill splits homeland security funding from other agencies to give more time for negotiation.
House Republicans criticized Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer’s immigration enforcement reform demands as a “non-starter,” arguing that Democrats’ conditions would handcuff ICE and threaten funding for the Department of Homeland Security. GOP lawmakers stressed the need to support immigration enforcement and oppose changes tied to budget legislation.
Senate leaders are racing to pass a temporary funding plan to keep the Department of Homeland Security open while lawmakers negotiate immigration-enforcement reforms, even as a partial government shutdown looms. The deal reflects deep divisions over ICE and border policy after controversial federal actions in Minneapolis.
Senate Democrats blocked a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security as budget negotiations with Republicans and the White House stalled. Their move raises the risk of a partial government shutdown if no deal is reached before funding expires.
By Ashley Brasfield The Democrats’ effort to block funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations…