The move came more than a month before the spending deadline, reflecting an eagerness in both parties to avoid a messy fight before the midterm elections.
Academics, city leaders and congressional lawmakers number among the thousands to urge the Trump administration to reconsider a plan to assert more control over grants.
Thursday's vote in the House provides funding for DHS after a more than two-month shutdown, but does not include dollars for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
The White House is warning lawmakers that funding used to pay personnel at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is close to being depleted, sounding […] Source
More than 6,000 Coast Guard units and homes are in danger of having their utilities shut off, said Adm. Kevin Lunday, the service’s commandant.
House and Senate Republican leaders said on Wednesday that they have a plan to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and end the […] Source
House and Senate Republican leaders said on Wednesday that they have a plan to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and end the […] Source
The Hill's Bill Sammon and Chris Stirewalt discuss two key numbers in American politics: Congress has a 16% job approval rating but at the same time had a 97% incumbency retention rate in the previous elections. #congress #wholehogpolitics #congressdysfunction #approval #elections
Missed paychecks are on the way, while TSA absences trigger widespread travel disruptions.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday rejected a Senate-passed bill to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), but not immigration enforcement, instead proposing a stopgap to fund the entire department for eight weeks. The move amounts to a stunning rebuke of the upper chamber by GOP leaders — and extends the length of what is already the longest partial government shutdown in history in its 42nd day. Read more here: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5804545-shutdown-fight-over-dhs-funding/ #dhs #mikejohnson #shutdown