House votes to end partial shutdown but Homeland Security negotiations on thin ice
This affects the entire country.
A partial shutdown is ending after the House voted Tuesday to reopen the government, but a full-year Homeland Security funding deal remains elusive as Democrats press immigration enforcement reform demands.
The House voted 217 to 214 on an appropriations package that includes five full-year funding bills and a 10-day continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The deal kicks the funding deadline for DHS down the road to Feb. 13, where lawmakers will either need a negotiated bill or another short-term spending deal.
Twenty-one Democrats voted for the funding package and 21 Republicans voted against. The split in the Democratic caucus comes after House Democratic leadership decided not to formally whip against the legislation, with caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) noting that they expected members to vote their conscience earlier in the day.
The package now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law, which will end the shutdown that began Saturday. With Tuesday’s vote, over 90% of federal departments and related agencies will be fully funded for fiscal year 2026.
Start the clock on Homeland Security funding
Lawmakers from both parties will now enter the final stretch, having 10 calendar days to find a compromise on spending for the Department of Homeland Security.
Though the House passed a full-year bill for DHS in mid-January, Senate Democrats revolted over the rise in immigration agencies’ use of force while conducting operations. Doing so resulted in Democrats successfully pushing for a continuing resolution, arguing they want to see significant guardrails placed into a DHS funding bill in order to get their support.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released a slate of restrictions that Democrats want to impose on agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. Among the demands are judicial warrants, requiring officers to wear body cameras and be unmasked, and the prohibition of detaining and deporting U.S. citizens.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), the top House Democrat appropriator, advocated for her fellow Democrats to vote for the bill. She said voting for the 10-day funding patch gives them “leverage” in negotiations to get the demands Schumer and other Democrats are asking for.
“All of the pieces we’ve been talking about, there’s an opportunity to do that, and let the Republicans defend what’s happening with DHS, and then at the end of those 10 days, if you don’t do …
This affects the entire country.
A partial shutdown is ending after the House voted Tuesday to reopen the government, but a full-year Homeland Security funding deal remains elusive as Democrats press immigration enforcement reform demands.
The House voted 217 to 214 on an appropriations package that includes five full-year funding bills and a 10-day continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The deal kicks the funding deadline for DHS down the road to Feb. 13, where lawmakers will either need a negotiated bill or another short-term spending deal.
Twenty-one Democrats voted for the funding package and 21 Republicans voted against. The split in the Democratic caucus comes after House Democratic leadership decided not to formally whip against the legislation, with caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) noting that they expected members to vote their conscience earlier in the day.
The package now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law, which will end the shutdown that began Saturday. With Tuesday’s vote, over 90% of federal departments and related agencies will be fully funded for fiscal year 2026.
Start the clock on Homeland Security funding
Lawmakers from both parties will now enter the final stretch, having 10 calendar days to find a compromise on spending for the Department of Homeland Security.
Though the House passed a full-year bill for DHS in mid-January, Senate Democrats revolted over the rise in immigration agencies’ use of force while conducting operations. Doing so resulted in Democrats successfully pushing for a continuing resolution, arguing they want to see significant guardrails placed into a DHS funding bill in order to get their support.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released a slate of restrictions that Democrats want to impose on agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. Among the demands are judicial warrants, requiring officers to wear body cameras and be unmasked, and the prohibition of detaining and deporting U.S. citizens.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), the top House Democrat appropriator, advocated for her fellow Democrats to vote for the bill. She said voting for the 10-day funding patch gives them “leverage” in negotiations to get the demands Schumer and other Democrats are asking for.
“All of the pieces we’ve been talking about, there’s an opportunity to do that, and let the Republicans defend what’s happening with DHS, and then at the end of those 10 days, if you don’t do …
House votes to end partial shutdown but Homeland Security negotiations on thin ice
This affects the entire country.
A partial shutdown is ending after the House voted Tuesday to reopen the government, but a full-year Homeland Security funding deal remains elusive as Democrats press immigration enforcement reform demands.
The House voted 217 to 214 on an appropriations package that includes five full-year funding bills and a 10-day continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The deal kicks the funding deadline for DHS down the road to Feb. 13, where lawmakers will either need a negotiated bill or another short-term spending deal.
Twenty-one Democrats voted for the funding package and 21 Republicans voted against. The split in the Democratic caucus comes after House Democratic leadership decided not to formally whip against the legislation, with caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) noting that they expected members to vote their conscience earlier in the day.
The package now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law, which will end the shutdown that began Saturday. With Tuesday’s vote, over 90% of federal departments and related agencies will be fully funded for fiscal year 2026.
Start the clock on Homeland Security funding
Lawmakers from both parties will now enter the final stretch, having 10 calendar days to find a compromise on spending for the Department of Homeland Security.
Though the House passed a full-year bill for DHS in mid-January, Senate Democrats revolted over the rise in immigration agencies’ use of force while conducting operations. Doing so resulted in Democrats successfully pushing for a continuing resolution, arguing they want to see significant guardrails placed into a DHS funding bill in order to get their support.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released a slate of restrictions that Democrats want to impose on agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. Among the demands are judicial warrants, requiring officers to wear body cameras and be unmasked, and the prohibition of detaining and deporting U.S. citizens.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), the top House Democrat appropriator, advocated for her fellow Democrats to vote for the bill. She said voting for the 10-day funding patch gives them “leverage” in negotiations to get the demands Schumer and other Democrats are asking for.
“All of the pieces we’ve been talking about, there’s an opportunity to do that, and let the Republicans defend what’s happening with DHS, and then at the end of those 10 days, if you don’t do …
