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House GOP erupts over Senate's overnight move to fund pieces of DHS | News

Thune helped develop the Senate’s partial DHS funding plan, which prompted a confrontation with House Republicans.

House GOP erupts over Senate's overnight move to fund pieces of DHS | News
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House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected the Senate’s plan to partially fund the Department of Homeland Security and said House Republicans would pursue their own eight-week funding proposal. The impasse is prolonging the department’s shutdown.

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John Thune
R · SD · SEN

Senate Majority Leader who helped advance the Senate DHS funding measure

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Mike Johnson
R · LA-4

Speaker of the House who rejected the Senate DHS funding plan and backed a House alternative

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Representative who described the funding impasse as a drawn-out process that would eventually be resolved

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who supported Johnson’s plan, criticized the Senate bill and said he would fund TSA workers

Tom Cole
R · OK-4

House Appropriations Committee chairman asked whether he could support the Senate plan

House Minority Leader who said the Senate bill had bipartisan support and could pass

Andy Harris
R · MD-1

House Freedom Caucus leader who opposed the Senate measure without border funding and voter ID provisions

Chuck Schumer
D · NY · SEN

Senate Minority Leader whom Johnson blamed for pushing the Senate measure

Tom Emmer
R · MN-6

House Majority Whip who criticized the Senate’s action

ALSO MENTIONED  Jeff Van Drew, Representative who urged lawmakers to reopen the department

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Senate Passes DHS Funding Plan During Shutdown

The Senate passed a DHS funding plan intended to reopen the department and end the partial shutdown; John Thune worked with House leadership on the strategy. Center outlets frame the plan as a route out of the shutdown but also stress that House inaction left it unresolved. Right-leaning outlets emphasize Republican leaders’ efforts and Trump’s role in pressing for immigration-enforcement funding.

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