House passes bill to fund most of DHS in major step toward ending 10-week shutdown

The House on Thursday passed a bill to fund the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), minus Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a major step toward ending the record-breaking, 10-week shutdown.

The bill passed by voice vote less than an hour after Republican leaders sent out a notice that the chamber would consider the legislation amid increasing pressure from the White House, Senate, and Republican rank-and-file.

The bill passed the Senate last month and now goes to President Trump’s desk for his signature.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had sat on the bill for weeks, but came under increasing pressure to pass it amid dwindling funds to pay DHS staff.

The version the House passed does not include a technical correction that Johnson and hardline Republicans said they wanted for a section stipulating $0 for border security and immigration enforcement, which would have required the bill to go back to the Senate.

A blueprint for the “skinny” reconciliation bill passed a procedural hurdle in the House on Wednesday, adding to that pressure. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is among the Republicans who have said he wanted the House to pass the Senate DHS bill now that the House has cleared that first hurdle.

The bipartisan Senate DHS bill would fund the Transportation Security Agency (TSA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Coast Guard, Secret Service, and other critical agencies. The “skinny” DHS bill, which Republicans will aim to pass alone without Democrats, will fund ICE and Border Patrol.

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