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House to vote on TSA funding: Live updates

Johnson rejected the Senate’s Homeland Security funding bill and said the House would consider a different measure.

House to vote on TSA funding: Live updates
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The Senate approved funding for TSA and much of the Department of Homeland Security, but House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected the Senate measure and planned an alternative. The impasse has left TSA workers unpaid and contributed to staffing shortages and long airport lines.

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Mike Johnson
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House Speaker opposing the Senate funding bill and weighing an alternative

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who announced a plan to pay TSA officers and raised the possibility of further airport deployments

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John Thune
R · SD · SEN

Senate majority leader involved in negotiations over the funding deal

House Democratic leader supporting the Senate funding bill

Andy Harris
R · MD-1

House Republican and Freedom Caucus chair opposing the funding deal

Markwayne Mullin
Secretary of Homeland Security

Homeland Security secretary overseeing the process to pay TSA officers

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Mike Johnson Rejects Senate Plan to Fund Parts of DHS

Mike Johnson rejected the Senate’s DHS funding plan, which excluded immigration enforcement, and backed a different House measure. The competing plans left the shutdown unresolved. Left-leaning outlets portray Johnson’s rejection as prolonging the shutdown and stress its effects on workers and travel. Center outlets focus on the competing proposals and the shutdown’s practical costs. Right-leaning outlets emphasize the Senate plan’s exclusion of immigration-enforcement funding and the House alternative to fund DHS more fully.

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