Speaker Mike Johnson: ‘Not my preference’ to split DHS funding bill 

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters on Tuesday that it’s not his “preference” to split apart a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill, amid a new proposal from Senate Republicans to fund immigration removal operations through the budget reconciliation process.

The potential deal would fund most of DHS, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) emergency removal operations, which account for more than half of the agency’s budget.

Senate Republicans are planning to fund that and select provisions of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act through a reconciliation bill.

Reconciliation is a special process that allows a party with unified control in Washington to circumvent a filibuster in the Senate, as long as the legislation being considered meets certain budgetary requirements. 

But Johnson threw cold water at the idea of splitting........

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