TSA funding update: House GOP bristles at Senate DHS funding proposal, potentially extending shutdown
Source: CNBC
Published Fri, Mar 27 2026 7:13 AM EDT Updated 51 Min Ago
With an end to the Department of Homeland Security shutdown in sight, House Republicans on Friday bristled at the deal their Senate colleagues sent them overnight, potentially imperiling the funding bill and threatening to extend the shutdown that’s led to worsening airport delays. The Senate early Friday morning advanced a bill to fund most of DHS in a move to end the partial government shutdown that has disrupted air travel across the U.S., as Transportation Security Administration agents go without paychecks and miss work.
That bill immediately met resistance in the House. On a call with House Republicans Friday afternoon, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced the GOP would try to pass an eight-week stopgap funding bill for all of DHS, according two people who were on the call, speaking on condition of anonymity to talk about private discussions. Any such effort would need to go back to the Senate for final approval and would extend the shutdown.
“There is a common disgust from our leadership team and from our members about what they did over in the Senate,” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told reporters at the Capitol on Friday. “It really was not appropriate.”
But that plan would likely not fly in the Senate, where most lawmakers have already left town. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Friday called the proposal “dead on arrival.”. “We’ve been clear from Day One: Democrats will fund critical Homeland Security functions — but we will not give a blank check to Trump’s lawless and deadly immigration militia without reforms,” Schumer posted to X.
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