House Approves Bill to Fund Homeland Security and End Record Shutdown
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After weeks of delay, the House voted Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, and sent the bipartisan package to President Donald Trump to sign, ending the longest agency shutdown in history.
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The HillThe House on Thursday passed a bill to fund the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), minus Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a major step toward ending the record-breaking, 10-week shutdown. The bill passed by voice vote less than an hour after Republican leaders sent out a notice that the…
The Daily WireThe Department of Homeland Security shutdown is now set to be largely over, after the House of Representatives approved the Senate-backed plan to fund every element of the department except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). A reconciliation bill is anticipated to fund the other two critical law enforcement agencies.
ABC NewsThe bill funds all DHS agencies except immigration enforcement operations.
NPR NewsThe House passed a bill funding DHS, minus dollars for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. The measure passed by voice vote on what was the 76th day of the shutdown.
BreitbartThe House on Thursday passed the funding package by voice vote to partially fund DHS, which the Senate passed more than a month ago. President Donald Trump will likely sign the legislation to fully fund the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration, Secret Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, along with other agencies that do not handle immigration and border enforcement.
RealClearPoliticsThe House voted to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, ending a 75-day shutdown. ICE and Border Patrol will be funded separately due to Democratic opposition.
HuffPostBy beginning that path, Johnson was able to unlock the broader bipartisan bill for the rest of DHS. House Republicans late Wednesday adopted a budget resolution, on a largely party-line vote, that focused on eventually providing $70 billion for immigration enforcement and deportations for the remainder of Trump’s time in office. His term expires in January 2029.
The Guardian USDonald Trump swiftly signed bipartisan legislation on Thursday after the US House of Representatives voted to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security – excluding immigration enforcement operations – and end the longest government agency shutdown in history.
NBC NewsThe bill does not provide new funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Border Patrol, however, as Democrats demand changes to immigration enforcement. Both ICE and border enforcement had funding during the shutdown, and Republicans will try in the coming weeks to keep them funded for the rest of Trump’s term.
Washington ExaminerPresident Donald Trump signed a bill on Thursday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, marking an end to the 76-day partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14.
New York TimesRepublicans were forced to use a special maneuver to steer around opposition in their own party and speed the measure to the floor, relying on Democratic cooperation to push it through.
Fox NewsTrump signed the bill Thursday after the House of Representatives reached a bipartisan agreement to fund DHS. The House approved the Senate-passed spending measure by voice vote, covering most of the department’s appropriations through September.
Associated PressTrump signs bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending record shutdown AP News
BBC NewsThe House of Representatives approved a Senate-passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), sending it to Trump for signature.
ReutersTrump signs bill to fund DHS after lengthy shutdown over ICE operations Reuters
Washington TimesThe Senate passed the partial funding bill nearly a month ago, but the House did not want to clear it until Republicans passed the party-line measure funding ICE and CBP.
USA TodayHouse finally ends record-breaking Homeland Security shutdown USA Today
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The House took action just before Congress leaves for a weeklong recess. "This will relieve pressure from the Department of Homeland Security," Johnson told reporters after the vote. "We're not going to have lines at TSA. Everybody will get their paychecks now. We'll get moving forward."
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Washington Times“We were not going to have lines at TSA,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, said of the agency that polices airports. “Everybody gets their paychecks now and will get them moving forward.”
BBC News"We were not going to have lines at TSA. Everybody will get their paychecks now," Johnson told reporters after the vote.
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Trump has requested top Republicans send the immigration enforcement measure to his desk by June 1.
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Washington TimesMr. Trump says he wants the immigration enforcement funding bill on his desk by June 1.
ABC NewsTrump set a June 1 deadline for Republicans to fund the immigration enforcement agencies.
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Democrats had refused to support fresh money for immigration enforcement agencies without reforms to detention and deportation policies, particularly after public anger over the deaths of US citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
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NPR NewsDemocrats refused to back funding for many of the agency's immigration functions in an unsuccessful effort to secure reforms including body-worn cameras and broad restrictions on face coverings after federal law enforcement killed two American citizens in Minnesota earlier this year.
BBC NewsDemocrats had refused to fund the two agencies, demanding they be reformed following two deadly shootings in Minnesota involving federal immigration officers.
Washington TimesSenate Democrats filibustered a full department funding bill the House passed in January as they pushed for an overhaul of immigration enforcement agencies after federal agents killed two U.S. citizens who were protesting the deportation sweeps in Minneapolis.
HuffPostTrump’s Deportation Strategy Fueled The Dispute In the aftermath of the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both U.S. citizens, by federal agents during protests against the immigration actions in Minneapolis, Democrats refused to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol without changes to those operations.
ABC NewsDemocrats said they would not support funding without significant reforms to ICE and CBP's operating procedures. But talks between Democrats and the White House in March ultimately yielded no breakthrough.
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"We had to ensure that they could not isolate and eliminate those two critical agencies," Johnson told reporters. "That was critically important for us to ensure that we’re going to protect the homeland."
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Washington Times“We threw a fit, and we had to,” Mr. Johnson said. “We held the homeland bill, the underlying funding bill, because we had to ensure that they could not isolate and eliminate those two critical agencies.”
ABC News"They wanted to orphan these two critical agencies that are under the umbrella of Homeland Security, I remind everybody on the Hill all the time, Department of Homeland Security is the third-largest department of the federal government. It has critical responsibilities," Johnson said.
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“To our great, patriotic employees who have continued to protect the homeland every single day without a guaranteed paycheck — thank you,” Mullin posted on X. “President Trump and I are very grateful to be in the fight with you to Make America Safe Again.”
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Washington Times“To our great, patriotic employees who have continued to protect the homeland every single day without a guaranteed paycheck — thank you,” he said. “President Trump and I are very grateful to be in the fight with you to Make America Safe Again.”
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Johnson changed course this week after the White House appeared to side with the Senate and urged swift passage of the upper chamber’s bill.
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NPR NewsOn April 1, Johnson reversed course. He announced the funding bill would be voted on "in the coming days." More than four weeks later, he finally made good on that commitment.
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“It is about damn time,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, who proposed the bipartisan bill more than 70 days ago.
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The Guardian US“It is about damn time,” Rosa DeLauro, the senior Democrat on the House appropriations committee, told the Associated Press after the measure finally cleared the chamber, voicing frustration that legislation introduced more than two months ago had been held hostage by Republican infighting.
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The House swiftly voted by voice earlier Thursday, without a formal roll call, to pass the measure.
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NBC NewsThe bill passed “by voice,” with members shouting their approval without recording individual votes.
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01 NBC News Jeffrey Epstein's cellmate alleges he had a suicide note 00:48 Trump signs bill ending partial government shutdown
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02 ABC News The DHS funding fight kicked into high gear after two American citizens were fatally shot by federal agents during Trump's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
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03 NPR News Today's top stories The Trump administration faces a deadline today to seek Congressional approval for its military action in Iran. It does not appear to be seeking that approval. According to the War Powers Resolution of 1973, Congress must declare war or authorize the use of force within 60 days. If the president requests an extension, Congress has 90 days to act. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asserted that the current ceasefire doesn't count toward the 60 days. The administration plans to continue confronting Iran through the dueling blockades of the Strait of Hormuz.
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04 Washington Times The bill was signed just in time to prevent department employees from losing their paychecks again.
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05 Washington Examiner The House advanced that spending bill on Wednesday after the Senate did the same last week. It just needs to be approved in both chambers by June 1, the deadline that Trump imposed on Republicans.
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06 Fox News With more than 200,000 personnel, DHS is one of the largest government agencies under the executive branch. In addition to ICE and CBP, several of the nation’s most critical government agencies fall under DHS, including Secret Service, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and others.
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07 BBC News Republicans rejected the demands, instead pushing for full funding for ICE and CBP, resulting in an impasse.
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08 The Guardian US The agreement aims to draw a line under a 75-day impasse that had threatened airport chaos and exposed fresh strains within the Republican party.
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09 Breitbart This does not mean that everyone is happy with how Congress funded these parts of DHS.
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10 HuffPost The quick action after weeks of political blame brought an abrupt end to the months-long standoff that began after Trump’s deadly immigration crackdown in Minneapolis launched a reckoning on Capitol Hill over the funding for the president’s agenda.
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11 The Daily Wire On April 1, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) came to an agreement with the president on how to best tackle the shutdown, as the Senate passed the deal that left out ICE and CBP in late March, whereas House Republicans passed a 60-day continuing resolution that funded everything.
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