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Congress passes spending bill ending Department of Homeland Security shutdown
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Congress passes spending bill ending Department of Homeland Security shutdown
DHS funded. Congress has passed a spending bill that ends the monthslong shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). On Thursday, the House approved a bill that funds the department—except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. The Reason Roundup Newsletter by Liz Wolfe Liz and Reason help you make sense of the day's news every morning. The 76-day shutdown began in February, when Democrats refused to fully fund the department after immigration officers fatally shot two U.S. citizens in Minnesota. Before they would send the agency money, the no voters wanted reforms, including requirements that immigration officers wear body cameras and get judicial warrants before entering private property. To keep the lights on, the Trump administration continued to pay for immigration enforcement out of other pots of money. With that cash running low, the Senate passed a bipartisan funding bill in March that excluded immigration enforcement. That measure stalled in the House under opposition from conservatives who opposed any DHS funding bill that did not include immigration enforcement money. But yesterday, the House approved the measure, after Senate Republicans started a reconciliation process that will allow them to pass a DHS funding bill with their
Homeland Security shutdown ends hours before workers would have gone without pay again
The 76-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, the longest funding lapse in U.S. history, is over. President Trump signed a bill Thursday to fund most of the department’s agencies after the House passed it by voice vote. The two agencies that did not receive annual appropriations in the bill — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the border security functions of Customs and Border Protection — have a separate stream of funding that has kept them operational throughout the shutdown. The bill was signed just in time to prevent department employees from losing their paychecks again. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced on social media that his department is “back open,” but added, “This Democrat shutdown NEVER should have happened.” “To our great, patriotic employees who have continued to protect the homeland every single day without a guaranteed paycheck — thank you,” he said. “President Trump and I are very grateful to be in the fight with you to Make America Safe Again.” Senate Democrats filibustered a full department funding bill the House passed in January as they pushed for an overhaul of immigration enforcement agencies after federal agents killed two U.S. citizens who were protesting the deportation
What to know after House passes Homeland Security funding and ends historic shutdown
The longest shutdown of a U.S. government agency in history has ended, after Trump signed a House-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security. The administration had warned that money to pay thousands of federal security workers would run out after Thursday without new funding. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins has the latest from the Capitol.Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Geoff Bennett: The longest shutdown of a government agency in history has ended with President Trump today signing a House-passed bill to fund most of the Homeland Security Department. Amna Nawaz: The administration had warned that money to pay thousands of federal security workers would run out after today without new funding.Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins is back with us here after spending the day reporting at the Capitol.So, Lisa, what finally changed to end this shutdown? Lisa Desjardins: You, know it was a matter of who changed, and that was House Republicans.As we were coming into today, there was pressure from President Trump and from House Republican leaders themselves on some of their voters. And suddenly a rainbow appeared, Amna, as it does. Here's exactly what happened.The
House approves bill to fund DHS, ending record-long partial shutdown
After months of resistance, the House on Thursday passed the Senate-backed Department of Homeland Security funding bill, which funds all agencies inside DHS except immigration enforcement operations.The bill passed via voice vote. There was no recorded vote requested.President Donald Trump signed the bill Thursday afternoon, the White House confirmed, effectively ending the record-long DHS shutdown after 76 days.DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin had warned extra funding to pay his department's employees would have "dried up" by the first week of May.The House took action just before Congress leaves for a weeklong recess."This will relieve pressure from the Department of Homeland Security," Johnson told reporters after the vote. "We're not going to have lines at TSA. Everybody will get their paychecks now. We'll get moving forward."The US Capitol is seen, April 20, 2026 in Washington.Leigh Vogel/Getty ImagesWhile the package funds most of DHS -- the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency -- it does not include funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection.Republicans are working on a separate budget bill to fund those agencies through reconciliation, a process that will allow
Congress ends DHS shutdown amid flurry of action before taking a break
After a week of late nights, last-minute votes, and party infighting, Congress passed a flurry of items – including a bill to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown – ahead of a one-week recess and multiple impending deadlines. The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to fund all of DHS except Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. President Donald Trump signed the bill into law Thursday evening.That ended a record 76-day partial government shutdown that included agencies such as the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Coast Guard. The excluded agencies – ICE and CBP – already have funding through the Republicans’ tax and spending bill last year. Why We Wrote This Lawmakers resolved several persistent issues, including some that had been held up by inter-party disagreements among Republicans, and addressed homeland security funding less than a week after an alleged assassination attempt against President Donald Trump. The House passed the measure in a voice vote, just before the last paychecks were set to go out to DHS employees. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin had warned that the Trump administration’s temporary funding to cover their pay would run out during the first
After 75 Days, the DHS Shutdown Is Over
The longest government shutdown in American history ended on Thursday with President Donald Trump’s signature on an appropriations bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that was passed by the House earlier that day after previously being approved by the Senate.The bill funds much of DHS through Sept. 30, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. But the legislation doesn’t include funding for immigration enforcement agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Border Patrol.The shutdown began on Feb. 14 amid a bitter standoff between Democrats and Republicans over immigration enforcement that was spurred by federal officers fatally shooting two American citizens in Minneapolis at the start of the year. Democratic lawmakers refused to pass a funding bill for DHS unless it included new guardrails on federal immigration agents. But Republicans rejected their demands, arguing that such measures would impede the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement agenda.The lapse in appropriations left thousands of DHS staffers working without pay for weeks, including TSA officers. Many TSA agents called out of work or quit the force entirely to take on other jobs to pay their bills, throwing
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