The Senate pushed DHS funding into the House’s arms. What’s next?
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
The House is up to bat after the Senate passed a funding deal that sharply split Democrats and has immigration hawks threatening to vote “no,” a headache for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that could prolong a government shutdown that began at midnight on Saturday.
The upper chamber passed a sweeping spending bill on Friday night that largely aligns with the one that cleared the House in January, with the exception of a two-week extension for the Department of Homeland Security. The vast majority of Senate Republicans supported the bill, but there were five defections, and only half of Democrats voted “yes.”
The bill had the support of the White House, which agreed to split DHS funding from the rest of the legislation as Democrats seek reforms to immigration enforcement. But its fate in the House is still shaky, as Democratic leadership remains noncommittal about how their caucus will vote, and conservatives are making demands over election integrity.
The House, currently on a one-week recess, is poised to quickly consider the funding legislation when lawmakers return, meaning the government shutdown could be relatively short. Johnson told his conference on a members-only call on Friday that the plan is to hold votes on the Senate deal on Monday evening, the Washington Examiner confirmed.
Johnson can only afford to lose two Republicans and still pass a bill in a simple party-line vote, while another option is to lean more heavily on Democrats and fast-track the legislation, which sets a higher two-thirds threshold to make it through the House.
The latter strategy could be necessary as some Republicans signal opposition to the legislation. One member, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), reiterated this week that she and several of her colleagues were pushing to attach the SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship to vote, to the funding bill and were prepared to grind House business to a halt over it.
A spokesperson for Johnson told the Washington Examiner that it’s “still to be determined” whether he goes the party-line route, but Luna predicted on X that leadership would instead bet on Democrats swallowing their reservations over the DHS bill, which lacks the reforms to immigration enforcement they are demanding after agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said this week that he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) remain in lockstep on their demands regarding ICE. The White House …
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
The House is up to bat after the Senate passed a funding deal that sharply split Democrats and has immigration hawks threatening to vote “no,” a headache for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that could prolong a government shutdown that began at midnight on Saturday.
The upper chamber passed a sweeping spending bill on Friday night that largely aligns with the one that cleared the House in January, with the exception of a two-week extension for the Department of Homeland Security. The vast majority of Senate Republicans supported the bill, but there were five defections, and only half of Democrats voted “yes.”
The bill had the support of the White House, which agreed to split DHS funding from the rest of the legislation as Democrats seek reforms to immigration enforcement. But its fate in the House is still shaky, as Democratic leadership remains noncommittal about how their caucus will vote, and conservatives are making demands over election integrity.
The House, currently on a one-week recess, is poised to quickly consider the funding legislation when lawmakers return, meaning the government shutdown could be relatively short. Johnson told his conference on a members-only call on Friday that the plan is to hold votes on the Senate deal on Monday evening, the Washington Examiner confirmed.
Johnson can only afford to lose two Republicans and still pass a bill in a simple party-line vote, while another option is to lean more heavily on Democrats and fast-track the legislation, which sets a higher two-thirds threshold to make it through the House.
The latter strategy could be necessary as some Republicans signal opposition to the legislation. One member, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), reiterated this week that she and several of her colleagues were pushing to attach the SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship to vote, to the funding bill and were prepared to grind House business to a halt over it.
A spokesperson for Johnson told the Washington Examiner that it’s “still to be determined” whether he goes the party-line route, but Luna predicted on X that leadership would instead bet on Democrats swallowing their reservations over the DHS bill, which lacks the reforms to immigration enforcement they are demanding after agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said this week that he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) remain in lockstep on their demands regarding ICE. The White House …
The Senate pushed DHS funding into the House’s arms. What’s next?
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
The House is up to bat after the Senate passed a funding deal that sharply split Democrats and has immigration hawks threatening to vote “no,” a headache for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that could prolong a government shutdown that began at midnight on Saturday.
The upper chamber passed a sweeping spending bill on Friday night that largely aligns with the one that cleared the House in January, with the exception of a two-week extension for the Department of Homeland Security. The vast majority of Senate Republicans supported the bill, but there were five defections, and only half of Democrats voted “yes.”
The bill had the support of the White House, which agreed to split DHS funding from the rest of the legislation as Democrats seek reforms to immigration enforcement. But its fate in the House is still shaky, as Democratic leadership remains noncommittal about how their caucus will vote, and conservatives are making demands over election integrity.
The House, currently on a one-week recess, is poised to quickly consider the funding legislation when lawmakers return, meaning the government shutdown could be relatively short. Johnson told his conference on a members-only call on Friday that the plan is to hold votes on the Senate deal on Monday evening, the Washington Examiner confirmed.
Johnson can only afford to lose two Republicans and still pass a bill in a simple party-line vote, while another option is to lean more heavily on Democrats and fast-track the legislation, which sets a higher two-thirds threshold to make it through the House.
The latter strategy could be necessary as some Republicans signal opposition to the legislation. One member, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), reiterated this week that she and several of her colleagues were pushing to attach the SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship to vote, to the funding bill and were prepared to grind House business to a halt over it.
A spokesperson for Johnson told the Washington Examiner that it’s “still to be determined” whether he goes the party-line route, but Luna predicted on X that leadership would instead bet on Democrats swallowing their reservations over the DHS bill, which lacks the reforms to immigration enforcement they are demanding after agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said this week that he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) remain in lockstep on their demands regarding ICE. The White House …
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