“This gambit that was done last night is a joke. I’m quite convinced that it can’t be that every Senate Republican read the language of this bill,” Speaker Mike Johnson said to reporters on Friday. “We’re not doing that.”
The rejection of the Senate deal by the lower chamber extends what has been the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history, which has left DHS unfunded for nearly six weeks, forcing Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees to work without pay and leading to hours-long security lines at airports around the country.
Upon reaching the House, the legislation was met with pushback over its lack of funding for ICE and CBP.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Friday that the measure would be “dead on arrival” in the Senate.
Trump has yet to publicly state whether he supports the Senate deal, but Thursday, hours before the Senate passed its package, he said he would sign an executive order directing newly installed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to “immediately” pay TSA agents.
Many House Republicans criticized the Senate’s funding package.
“In the dead of night, with only five senators present on the floor and no one there to object, the Senate rushed through a DHS funding bill that deliberately left ICE and CBP unfunded,” Self wrote on social media. “Now, they are leaving town. No SAVE America Act. ICE and CBP unfunded.”
Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, chair of the House Freedom Caucus, who held a news conference to state they would not support the passing of the DHS funding bill, said he would oppose the bill unless it includes additional provisions, including the SAVE America Act.
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, which would require Americans to provide proof of citizenship and photo identification to vote in federal elections, has become a central demand for House Republicans. Trump has previously said he would not sign new legislation until the measure is passed.
Democrats, meanwhile, have rallied behind the Senate agreement, arguing it protects key agencies while blocking expanded immigration enforcement funding.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged Republicans to move the bill forward.
“The only thing standing between ending this chaos, or not, are House Republicans,” he said. “There's a bipartisan bill that emerged from the Senate with uniform support.”
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