FILE-The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol building is seen early in the morning on March 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
The House approved a bill to fund the Homeland Security Department and end a record shutdown. Members will send the legislation to President Donald Trump to sign.
This shutdown has lasted for 75 days as Democrats refused to fund Trump’s immigration enforcement operations without modifications.
House approves DHS funding
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The Associated Press reported that the House voted to fund most of the DHS but not its immigration enforcement operations.
DHS has been without regular funding since Feb. 14, resulting in struggles for workers, though much of President Donald Trump’s immigration plan that is key to the dispute is being funded separately.
After Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in January, Trump agreed to a Democratic request that the Homeland Security legislation be separate from a bigger spending measure that became law.
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However, bipartisan negotiations didn’t materialize, and the DHS funding lapsed with no agreement on changes to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics.
According to the AP, the House’s narrow GOP majority has stalled out under House Speaker Mike Johnson, with the Republican Party engaged in disputes on a range of pending issues, including homeland security funding.
The Senate unanimously approved the bipartisan package in March, but the bill lagged in the House.
The Source: Information for this story was provided by The Associated Press. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.