The House passed a DHS stopgap bill, but the shutdown is expected to continue for several weeks as lawmakers leave Washington for Easter recess.
Republicans in the House of Representatives are planning on proposing a stopgap funding bill for all of the Department of Homeland Security, breaking with a Senate-passed deal that left out Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. NBC News' Melanie Zanona reports on the decision by Republican leadership.
"Balance of Power: Late Edition" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today's show, Rep. Mike Flood, Republican of Nebraska, says a House vote could come as early as tonight to fund the government through May. Rep. Sean Casten, Democrat of Illinois, says the Rules Committee will "probably" send a stopgap bill to fund most of DHS…
Democrats in the Senate signaled they would not vote for a funding bill that House Republicans floated as an alternative to bipartisan legislation passed by senators to end a partial government shutdown.Early Friday, the Republican-controlled Senate approved a bill that would have funded all parts of the Department of Homeland Security except Immigration…
The move prolongs a partial government shutdown and sets up a standoff over immigration enforcement funding and voter ID demands.
Five Senators passed a funding bill at 2:18 a.m. Friday morning that would end a partial government shutdown before the body went into its two-week Easter recess.…
Three House Democrats broke with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Friday, handing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a key win on a short-term plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security amid a weeks-long shutdown fight over immigration enforcement. Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Don Davis (D-NC), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) voted with 209…
