House Republicans opposed to the Senate-passed partial Department of Homeland Security funding bill are going to try to pass an eight-week stopgap measure that would fund the entire department.
Senate Democrats signaled opposition to a House Republican continuing resolution aimed at ending the partial government shutdown Friday. The Republican-controlled Senate earlier approved a bipartisan bill funding most Department of Homeland Security operations while excluding Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but House GOP leadership rejected it as…
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told House Republicans on a conference call that he plans to hold a vote on a bill to fund all of the Department of Homeland Security for 60 days, according to a source on the call.
The move prolongs a partial government shutdown and sets up a standoff over immigration enforcement funding and voter ID demands.
The move, however, is all but certain to prolong the six-week partial government shutdown.
House Republicans are done playing games with the Senate’s latest RINO surrender. The post HOUSE GOP STRIKES BACK: Furious Republicans Move to ADD ICE Funding and Voter ID to Senate’s DHS Garbage Deal With Democrats — Will Force ‘Cowardly Senators’ Back to D.C. appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
The pressure now shifts to the House to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown that has severely disrupted air travel in some major airports. Follow live updates.
House lawmakers on Friday passed a Republican bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its entirety for eight weeks, after GOP leaders rejected a Senate-passed bill that would exclude money for immigration enforcement. The partisan package was a nod to conservative immigration hawks, who hailed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for pushing it…
