Bill to fund TSA, Homeland Security rejected by House after passing Senate
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Published on March 27, 2026.
House Republicans have rejected a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), potentially delaying a resolution to the 42-day partial shutdown. House Speaker Mike Johnson called the Senate's bill a joke and suggested that instead, they would pass a bill that would fund the entire department at current levels until May 22. The bill passed by the Senate does not fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, and Democrats have refused to fund these departments without changes to immigration enforcement practices. If the House ends up passing a different measure, the DHS shutdown would continue. Immigration enforcement has been largely unaffected by the shutdown as the GOP's big tax cuts bill provided billions of dollars in extra funds to DHS.
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