US Congress passes bill to resume funding for DHS and end partial shutdown
Summary
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to resume funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), aiming to end an 11-week partial government shutdown. The bill excludes funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) but has President Donald Trump’s support.Key Facts
- The House passed the bill by voice vote after Senate approval and sent it to President Trump to sign.
- The bill funds DHS agencies like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) but does not include ICE or CBP.
- Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson initially opposed the bill due to excluding ICE and CBP but later allowed the vote after Trump supported it.
- The shutdown began on February 14 and caused problems such as TSA agents working without pay and concerns about FEMA’s disaster response.
- Democrats demanded reforms for ICE, including banning agents from wearing masks and stopping raids on sensitive places, and threatened to block funding without these changes.
- Republicans rejected these reform demands, calling them unreasonable.
- The filibuster rule in the Senate requires 60 votes to pass major laws, slowing down the process.
- Republican senators are trying to fund ICE and DHS through a special budget process called reconciliation, which bypasses the filibuster.
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