The Department, Homeland Security and government shutdown
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Thin ICE: When Florida Democrats voted against the budget, it included community projects in Florida
Jared Moskowitz and Darren Soto voted against the budget over concerns with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Department of Homeland Security will shut down indefinitely at 12:01 a.m. EST Saturday after Senate Democrats opposed funding it on Thursday.
WASHINGTON — Congress is halfway home in approving government funding for the current budget year that began Oct. 1 after the Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a three-bill package. Now comes the hard part. Lawmakers still must negotiate a ...
By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security past a Friday deadline,
WASHINGTON — The Senate remained split Thursday over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, stalling a bipartisan spending package and threatening another government shutdown as Sens. Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell and fellow Democrats seek to ...
Federal enforcement officers stand guard near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) WASHINGTON (CN) — Though some Democrats have floated the idea of leveraging looming budget ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed this year’s final batch of spending bills on Thursday as lawmakers, still smarting from last fall’s record 43-day shutdown, worked to avoid another funding lapse for a broad swath of the federal government.
Senate Democrats just blocked a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, after Republicans tried to advance a spending measure that they had already rejected. The measure fell short of the 60 votes needed to overcome the filibuster, with all but one Democrat voting to block it in a 52-47 vote.