Republicans launch a new effort to fund the Department of Homeland Security
Speaker Johnson is coordinating the House's response to the Senate's funding plan to ensure immigration enforcement is funded.
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Speaker Johnson is coordinating the House's response to the Senate's funding plan to ensure immigration enforcement is funded.
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Senate Republicans advanced a budget reconciliation measure to fund ICE and Border Patrol, attempting to bypass a Democratic filibuster and end a month-long partial government shutdown triggered by fatal shootings involving federal agents.
Right-leaning outlets like The Daily Signal frame Speaker Johnson’s strategy as a necessary effort to ensure immigration enforcement agencies are not "orphaned" during the DHS shutdown. Conversely, left-leaning Raw Story highlights internal GOP friction, reporting on conflicting accounts between Johnson and Senate leadership regarding the funding plan. Center sources such as WTOP News focus on the mechanics of Johnson’s "sequencing" approach to prioritize ICE and Border Patrol before broader department funding.
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