Lawmakers are looking for a way out of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown that has roiled air travel after a potential deal stalled. Follow live updates.
The U.S. Senate voted overnight to pass a bill that would reopen all of the Department of Homeland Security, except a handful of immigration enforcement agencies.Why it matters: The vote puts Congress one step closer to ending a 42-day shutdown that has resulted in widespread airport security disruptions and missed paychecks for hundreds of thousands of…
The Senate voted unanimously early Friday to reopen the Department of Homeland Security after a 40-day shutdown, but without funding for immigration enforcement and deportation operations.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Republicans have sent Democrats a revised proposal to end the ongoing shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security, which has snarled airport security lines around the country and added pressure on the US economy.
The US Senate agreed unanimously to fund the Department of Homeland Security - without funding ICE and border patrol. The post Senate Agrees to End Shutdown – Fund DHS EXCEPT for ICE and CBP appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Negotiations to end funding standoff sparked by Trump administration’s immigration crackdown fail to find a breakthroughSign up for the Breaking News US emailHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.There was no breakthrough in talk to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday as the shutdown extends to almost six weeks with no…
Members of both parties are facing increased pressure to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, as long lines extend throughout the nation’s airports. Are the long lines at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints actually adding political pressure to get something done? And who is feeling it more? Join The Hill…
President Trump predicted that "desperate" Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will soon cut a deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security or else the GOP will nix the filibuster.
The Department of Homeland Security shutdown will reach its 40th day tomorrow, and it seems this partisan dispute over immigration enforcement cannot be resolved. It began when Democrats refused to fund the department unless the Trump administration instituted a series of reforms restricting ICE and Border Patrol agents from committing the sort of…
