Historic DHS shutdown continues with little end in sight as House Republicans delay action to pass Senate funding bill – live
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10.25 EDT Historic government shutdown continues with little end in sight A reminder that the record-breaking partial government shutdown just entered its eighth week , with little end in sight. Congress is on recess, and isn’t set to return for until 13 April. Today, House lawmakers again took no action to pass a Senate bill to fund affected Department of Homeland Security subagencies. This comes after Republican leadership in both chambers announced a compromise to fund the Transportation Security Administration , the US Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency , but withhold funds from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and part of Customs and Border Protection . Their plan is to subsequently fund immigration enforcement through a reconciliation bill that would only require a simple majority in the Senate, and therefore skirt the filibuster. However, House speaker Mike Johnson is facing pushback from hardline GOP lawmakers over the Senate-passed legislation. They argue that Republicans are ultimately conceding to Democrats’ demands, after they refused to pass a wider DHS funding bill without guardrails on ICE and CBP after federal officers fatally shot two US citizens during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
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