House Speaker Mike Johnson agreed to a 60-day stop-gap spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security, diverging from the Senate's recently passed funding package. The House's plan, backed by the Freedom Caucus, prioritizes funding for DHS, including border security and provisions related to voter ID and child sex trafficking investigations. Senate Democrats, however, claim victory, suggesting they prevented a 'blank check' for ICE and CBP funding without reforms. The Senate has adjourned for a two-week recess.
Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday agreed during a meeting with the House Freedom Caucus to pass a 60-day stop-gap spending bill that funds all of the Department of Homeland Security , unlike the Senate -passed package.
It appears that Congress’s lower chamber will not take up the Senate-passed funding bill, which was passed in the early hours of Friday morning. House conservativesat the prospect of passing the Senate-passed spending package, which does not fund the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol agencies.Senate Majority Leader John Thune has signaled that Republicans would likely address funding for those agencies through reconciliation, which would only need 51 votes in the Senate to pass. The Freedom Caucus said they would not support funding DHS unless provisions to enact voter ID verification, fund border patrol, and investigate child sex trafficking are included. “It’s not going to affect the airports if we don’t do this today,” Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris said Friday. He argued that the Senate could easily pass a revised House bill when it returns next week for a pro forma section. The Senate left for a two-week recess after it passed its Friday morning DHS funding bill.After the Senate passed its spending bill on Friday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer claimed that “Republicans caved to our demands to fund DHS without a blank check for ICE and CBP.” “Democrats held firm in our opposition that Donald Trump’s rogue and deadly militia should not get more funding without serious reforms, and we will continue to fight those reforms,” Schumer said. “Through it all, Senate Democrats stood united — no wavering, no backing down. We held the line.”Let’s summarize where we are after a 40+ day Democrat shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. 1) ICE and CBP are funded, thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts and the foresight of President Trump and Republicans in Congress. 2) After holding DHS and the American people hostage for over 40 days, Dems got ZERO restrictions that would prevent ICE and CBP agents from doing their jobs safely. 3) Due to Dem obstruction of the appropriations process, ICE and CBP will get even more funding through budget reconciliation. 4) Dems have once again established themselves as the “Open Borders, Defund the Police” party heading into an election. He added, “Dem leadership has proven once again they can’t be trusted to make a deal. Which begs the question if you’re a Dem senator or one of their left-wing supporters: What was this really all about?”'I’ll F***ing Kill You': 'No Kings' Protesters Push, Threaten Breitbart RepIran's Terrorist IRGC Lowers Age to Join Repressive Forces to 12 amid WarTim Walz Vows to ‘Never Leave the Side’ of Somali MinnesotansWATCH: Florida Trump Supporters Clash with Antifa Leftists During ‘No Kings’ RallyImmigrant Rep. Pramila Jayapal Urges ‘Reparations’ for Illegal Migrants Prosecutor: Two Charged in ‘Largest Alleged Money Laundering Operation’ in Los Angeles School District’s History Tyler Perry Arrives at Atlanta Airport with ‘Significant’ Amount of Cash for TSA Workers, Gets Turned Down
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