House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican leaders will speak with reporters Tuesday morning, as the lower chamber of Congress is looking to avoid another potential shutdown. GOP lawmakers are preparing to vote later Tuesday on a stopgap measure that would keep federal agencies funded through Dec. 4, kicking off a high-stakes effort to avert a lapse in funding before the end of the fiscal year. The House has passed three out of 12 appropriations bills for fiscal year 2027 so far. Just last week, the House passed a bill funding national security, the State Department and other relevant programs. #mikejohnson #housegop #congress
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Wednesday they'll advance a plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security — excluding ICE and CBP— with those agencies deferred to a later reconciliation bill. Why it matters: House Republicans just five days ago rejected that approach, with some vowing to never support a DHS funding package without money for ICE and CBP. - "In following this two-track approach, the Republican Congress will fully reopen the Department, make sure all federal workers are paid, and specifically fund immigration enforcement and border security for the next three years so that those law-enforcement activities can continue uninhibited," Thune and Johnson wrote in a…
The White House and Senate Democrats reached a deal Thursday to separate the fight over ICE funding from the threat of a broader government shutdown, sources told Axios. Why it matters: The deal doesn't promise Democrats the changes they want, but it would avoid disruptions to other government services while giving negotiators more time. - If negotiators fail to reach a deal over ICE and DHS, funding would also cease for the Coast Guard, TSA and FEMA. Driving the news: As part of the deal, senators will seek to pass the broader, non-DHS government funding package Thursday to avoid a shutdown at the end of the day Friday. - Lawmakers will also pass a stopgap measure to continue current funding for DHS for two weeks, during which…
AI:Senate Democrats and the White House are attempting a desperate shell game to prevent an imminent government shutdown by decoupling Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding from broader federal spending. Chuck Schumer is leveraging the entire nation’s stability—including TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard—to demand radical restrictions on ICE operations, including mandates for body cameras and bans on roving patrols. This high-stakes political maneuvering follows a recent fatal shooting in Minneapolis, which the leftist media establishment is predictably weaponizing to force concessions from federal law enforcement. While a two-week stopgap measure may avert an immediate collapse of services like Social Security or IRS refunds, the…Open
