Government to shut down at midnight after Dems, White House fail to strike DHS deal
Same show, different day.
With little time and no deal in sight to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a partial government shutdown by midnight is all but guaranteed.
The battle to prevent the third government shutdown under President Donald Trump in less than six months was lost in the Senate on Thursday. Now, with Congress scattered across the U.S. and several senators headed abroad, there’s no chance that a shutdown will be averted.
Senate Republicans were unable to smash through Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats’ unified front to pass a full-year DHS funding bill, nor were they able to do yet another short-term, two-week extension.
DHS SHUTDOWN EXPLAINED: WHO WORKS WITHOUT PAY, WHAT HAPPENS TO AIRPORTS AND DISASTER RESPONSE
"The idea of not even allowing us to have an extended amount of time to negotiate this suggests to me, at least, that there isn't a high level of interest in actually solving this issue," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said.
The final fight on the floor Thursday wasn’t with every lawmaker present, but between Sens. Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., over giving lawmakers a little more time to keep the agency open while negotiations continue.
Senate Democrats argued that Republicans offered their legislative proposal in the dead of night, giving little time to actually move toward a compromise.
DEMS DIG IN, GUARANTEE SHUTDOWN WITH BLOCK OF DHS FUNDING
"We had plenty of time to get a deal in the last two weeks," Murphy said. "And the lack of seriousness from the White House and from Republicans not getting language until last night has put us in the position we are in today."
And with the expected shutdown, Democrats’ main targets — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) — won’t see their cash flow dry up because of billions injected into the agency by Trump's "big, beautiful bill."
Instead, agencies like TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard, and several others will suffer the brunt of the shutdown.
"There is no way that you can't say we're working in good faith. We want to continue this conversation," Britt said on the Senate floor. "But yet you're penalizing a TSA agent. A TSA agent is going to go without a paycheck. Why? So that you can posture politically? I'm over it."
DHS FUNDING BILL FAILS AFTER SCHUMER REJECTS TRUMP’S ICE REFORM OFFER
"Everybody on that side of the aisle knows that ICE and CBP will continue to be funded," she continued. "They're going to continue to enforce the law just as they should. Who's going to pay the price?"
The final …
Same show, different day.
With little time and no deal in sight to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a partial government shutdown by midnight is all but guaranteed.
The battle to prevent the third government shutdown under President Donald Trump in less than six months was lost in the Senate on Thursday. Now, with Congress scattered across the U.S. and several senators headed abroad, there’s no chance that a shutdown will be averted.
Senate Republicans were unable to smash through Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats’ unified front to pass a full-year DHS funding bill, nor were they able to do yet another short-term, two-week extension.
DHS SHUTDOWN EXPLAINED: WHO WORKS WITHOUT PAY, WHAT HAPPENS TO AIRPORTS AND DISASTER RESPONSE
"The idea of not even allowing us to have an extended amount of time to negotiate this suggests to me, at least, that there isn't a high level of interest in actually solving this issue," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said.
The final fight on the floor Thursday wasn’t with every lawmaker present, but between Sens. Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., over giving lawmakers a little more time to keep the agency open while negotiations continue.
Senate Democrats argued that Republicans offered their legislative proposal in the dead of night, giving little time to actually move toward a compromise.
DEMS DIG IN, GUARANTEE SHUTDOWN WITH BLOCK OF DHS FUNDING
"We had plenty of time to get a deal in the last two weeks," Murphy said. "And the lack of seriousness from the White House and from Republicans not getting language until last night has put us in the position we are in today."
And with the expected shutdown, Democrats’ main targets — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) — won’t see their cash flow dry up because of billions injected into the agency by Trump's "big, beautiful bill."
Instead, agencies like TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard, and several others will suffer the brunt of the shutdown.
"There is no way that you can't say we're working in good faith. We want to continue this conversation," Britt said on the Senate floor. "But yet you're penalizing a TSA agent. A TSA agent is going to go without a paycheck. Why? So that you can posture politically? I'm over it."
DHS FUNDING BILL FAILS AFTER SCHUMER REJECTS TRUMP’S ICE REFORM OFFER
"Everybody on that side of the aisle knows that ICE and CBP will continue to be funded," she continued. "They're going to continue to enforce the law just as they should. Who's going to pay the price?"
The final …
Government to shut down at midnight after Dems, White House fail to strike DHS deal
Same show, different day.
With little time and no deal in sight to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a partial government shutdown by midnight is all but guaranteed.
The battle to prevent the third government shutdown under President Donald Trump in less than six months was lost in the Senate on Thursday. Now, with Congress scattered across the U.S. and several senators headed abroad, there’s no chance that a shutdown will be averted.
Senate Republicans were unable to smash through Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats’ unified front to pass a full-year DHS funding bill, nor were they able to do yet another short-term, two-week extension.
DHS SHUTDOWN EXPLAINED: WHO WORKS WITHOUT PAY, WHAT HAPPENS TO AIRPORTS AND DISASTER RESPONSE
"The idea of not even allowing us to have an extended amount of time to negotiate this suggests to me, at least, that there isn't a high level of interest in actually solving this issue," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said.
The final fight on the floor Thursday wasn’t with every lawmaker present, but between Sens. Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., over giving lawmakers a little more time to keep the agency open while negotiations continue.
Senate Democrats argued that Republicans offered their legislative proposal in the dead of night, giving little time to actually move toward a compromise.
DEMS DIG IN, GUARANTEE SHUTDOWN WITH BLOCK OF DHS FUNDING
"We had plenty of time to get a deal in the last two weeks," Murphy said. "And the lack of seriousness from the White House and from Republicans not getting language until last night has put us in the position we are in today."
And with the expected shutdown, Democrats’ main targets — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) — won’t see their cash flow dry up because of billions injected into the agency by Trump's "big, beautiful bill."
Instead, agencies like TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard, and several others will suffer the brunt of the shutdown.
"There is no way that you can't say we're working in good faith. We want to continue this conversation," Britt said on the Senate floor. "But yet you're penalizing a TSA agent. A TSA agent is going to go without a paycheck. Why? So that you can posture politically? I'm over it."
DHS FUNDING BILL FAILS AFTER SCHUMER REJECTS TRUMP’S ICE REFORM OFFER
"Everybody on that side of the aisle knows that ICE and CBP will continue to be funded," she continued. "They're going to continue to enforce the law just as they should. Who's going to pay the price?"
The final …
