Senate works into the night in latest effort to reopen Homeland Security Department - AP News
John Thune said Republican leaders hoped to keep the funding measure focused on ICE and Border Patrol and send it to the president by month’s end.
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TAP FOR WHYThe Senate worked through the night as Republicans pursued a budget-reconciliation route to fund ICE and Border Patrol, while Democrats sought policy changes and planned amendments. The effort is part of a broader attempt to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, which the article says has been shut down for more than two months.
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19 OUTLETSThe Daily Signal frames Senator Thune’s reconciliation push as a necessary move to fund border security that Democrats oppose, while RawStory highlights internal friction between Thune and House leadership over the plan's details. Most outlets, including Reuters and AP News, focus on the procedural "marathon" required to bypass the DHS shutdown, noting Thune’s description of the maneuver as a "necessary reality."
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