House Vote Sets Up Clash With the Senate on D.H.S. Funding, Prolonging Shutdown
nytimes.com • • nation
Key Points:
- House Republicans rejected a bipartisan Senate-approved deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, instead pushing their own plan late Friday, prolonging the agency shutdown affecting U.S. airports.
- The House GOP, backed by President Trump, opposed the Senate deal because it excluded funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, key to Trump's deportation efforts.
- Speaker Mike Johnson criticized the Senate agreement, accusing it of undermining immigration enforcement and refusing to support any plan that would reopen borders or halt enforcement.
- This rejection sets up a confrontation between the House and Senate, further delaying the resolution of the DHS shutdown crisis.
