Chairman Garbarino Opens Hearing on Democrat DHS Shutdown: “To Withhold Funding From the Department is Not Only Flawed but Immensely Dangerous”

4 days ago - House Republicans announced today that they will pass a bill, advanced by the Senate last week, to end the record-breaking partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, which has lasted 47 days so far.

DHS has delivered on President Trump's mandate by restoring the rule of law, delivering the most secure border ever, removing dangerous criminal illegal aliens, creating safer communities, strengthening cyber defense, fixing disaster response, launching initiatives that are reshaping American travel and national security, and making America safe for generations to come.

2 days ago - Senate and House Republican leaders announced on Wednesday an agreement to move forward with legislation to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, resurrecting a bipartisan deal that President Trump and the House G.O.P. had angrily rejected ...

1 week ago - ... WASHINGTON — House Republicans voted Friday evening to pass a short-term funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that has no viable path in the Senate and is likely to extend the shutdown stalemate on Capitol Hill.

1 week ago - Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 7147, the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. The legislation fully reopens the Department of Homeland Security, pays all personnel, and ensures critical ...

1 week ago - Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) instead advanced an eight-week stopgap that fully funds DHS, including ICE and CBP. The vote was 213-203, with three House Democrats joining all Republicans in support.

1 week ago - US House Republicans rejected a bipartisan Senate deal to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and instead passed their own funding measure late on Friday, extending a weeks-long budget standoff that has disrupted air travel.

1 week ago - The House on Thursday passed a GOP-backed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for a third time, as lawmakers struggle to find a deal to end the 40-day partial government shutdown.

4 hours ago - House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to bring the lower chamber back from recess to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The partial government shutdown has spanned more than a month as lawmakers debate funding ...

1 week ago - The House voted to approve a short-term bill to fund all of DHS for eight weeks. The top Senate Democrat says the bill is "dead on arrival."

1 week ago - The Senate unanimously moved to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and part of Customs and Border Protection, in a rare overnight session.

3 days ago - The House, which met in its own pro forma session later Thursday morning, did not take up the measure, meaning the partial government shutdown will likely extend through the weekend. The House is next due to meet April 6 in a pro forma session, and neither chamber is scheduled to return in full until the week of April 13. Democrats have refused to fund DHS since February unless changes are made to its immigration enforcement practices.

2 weeks ago - Washington, D.C. – As the Democrat-directed shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) marks its 41st day, another troubling milestone is fast approaching: surpassing last year’s historic lapse.