House GOP rejects Senate-passed DHS bill, proposes stopgap
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(THE HILL) – Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday rejected a Senate-passed bill to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), but not immigration enforcement, instead proposing a stopgap to fund the entire department for eight weeks.
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The move amounts to a stunning rebuke of the upper chamber by GOP leaders — and extends the length of what is already the longest partial government shutdown in history in its 42nd day.
“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,” Johnson said, going on to read the Senate-passed bill language that provides zero dollars for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border security operations.
“We’re not doing that,” Johnson said. “And it is unconscionable to me that the Democrats would force some sort of negotiation at three o’clock in the morning.”
Johnson said he intended to hold a vote “as soon as possible” on a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the entirety of DHS through May 22. Such a bill will mark the fourth time that the House has passed funding for the full department.
He also said he had spoken to President Trump moments earlier.
“He understands exactly what we’re doing,” Johnson said of Trump.
Conservatives in the House had fumed at the Senate deal, which caught House members by surprise and passed in the wee hours of Friday morning. The Senate bill funds much of the DHS, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), but not ICE or Border Patrol.
Those parts of the DHS are at the center of the shutdown fight. Democrats have demanded reforms after DHS personnel shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis in January in separate incidents.
Members of the House Freedom Caucus had put pressure on House GOP leaders to reject the deal earlier Friday.
House GOP leaders were also outraged at the Senate deal. Johnson was visibly frustrated in comments to reporters as he slammed the Senate GOP bill, putting him at odds with his counterpart in the upper chamber, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.).
“I wouldn’t call John Thune the engineer of this,” Johnson said. “Chuck Schumer and the Democrats in the Senate have forced this upon the Senate. I have to protect the House.”
The Speaker argued that it is the Democrats, not Republicans, that “want to use people as pawns.”
GOP leaders also expressed their displeasure to members on an earlier call. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) warned the conference that the Senate bill would set a dangerous precedent to defund entire programs in appropriations bills, another source said.
But on the other ideological side of the conference, moderate House GOP members expressed skepticism about the idea of an eight-week DHS stopgap on the call, sources said.
There is little chance of an eight-week DHS stopgap, though, passing in the Senate, which would need Democratic support to clear the chamber’s 60-vote threshold. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) posted on social media that such a measure would be “dead on arrival” in the Senate.
The bill funding much of DHS also passed the Senate by unanimous consent, underlining its broad support, even as Johnson on Friday sought to put the blame on Senate Democrats.
Trump has not publicly weighed in on whether or not he supports the Senate deal.
Trump’s executive order to pay TSA agents despite the shutdown is also removing a key pressure point that otherwise might prompt lawmakers to come to a compromise.
Trump on Thursday, as the Senate was trying to negotiate a deal, announced he would fund TSA. It’s expected Trump would use money from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was approved last summer. It has repeatedly been used to pay ICE and CBP personnel during shutdowns.
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Father, I concur in asking that you impress in the hearts of our congress members to fully fund ICE and DHS. I ask this in the Mighty Name of Jesus. Thank you Father for answering my prayer. Amen
Our Heavenly Father. We come before you with our hands raised high
and our heads bowed low to you. Speaker Johnson is just trying to do his
job and keeping the Country protected by having the DHS be voted back in and
keep us safe and sound. But the Democrats want to destroy something that
came into existence after 9-11. DHS is for our safety and will help prevent us from any
future attacks. Right now we are sitting ducks and anything that is really bad
could happen to our Country.
Please Lord let there be a change of heart with the Democrats and some GOP
members that want to add to this and not pay ICE or Border Patrol. We need
all hands on deck in every department to keep us from having a disaster upon
Our Native Soil.
Please let every voting Citizen of the United States see what the Democrats are
doing to Our Country and how they are trying to destroy it from the inside out.
Let people remember the names of the people who are going against America,
so they will not vote them in office in the Midterms and all their plotting will be
taken away.
We are Celebrating Our 250th Anniversary as a Sovereign Nation. One Nation
Under God. United We Stand, Divided We Fall. All Americans need to feel the
pride of being a Patriot, not an evil doer who wants to take America down and
re-write everything and take away Our God-Given Rights.
Please bring many Angels upon Washington D.C. and let it be a place where
people pray before every meeting and allow God to give them wisdom and
rule with a righteous heart. Lord take over Our Land and it’s People. Help us
to Salute to our beautiful flag and take great pride in waving it everywhere.
Bless Speaker Johnson as he makes all his decisions to do the right and Godly thing.
In Jesus Name,
Amen and Amen.
There is only ONE HOLY SPIRIT!
Therefore there is ONLY ONE CORRECT SOLUTION!
LORD JESUS, please cause each and every one opposing YOUR correct solution to fail and in YOUR great mercy please cause them to also realize their personal need to have YOU rule and reign in their lives. In Jesus Name, Amen.
Revival in Congress in Jesus name
Changed hearts is the answer
Jesus Christ is THE answer.
Lord Jesus, Please impart your righteous justice and judgement upon the leaders of this country. The Democrats and some Republicans must be held accountable for not keeping their oaths of office. They are openly betraying the citizens of the United states, by instead supporting ILLEGAL immigrants.
There seems to be no accountability for those who commit TREASON or SEDITION against America, (i.e Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, etc).
No one is EVER arrested for ANYTHING, including ANYONE involved with the pedophile sex- trafficker Epstein. This is precisely why the Democrats persist in their absolute Treason. They are never held accountable.
Lord Jesus, I plead for your intervention in the atrocious miscarriage of justice that is happening in our country, against our country. Let those who have committed crimes be arrested and brought to justice, because nothing is hidden from YOU. Amen.
Lord, all the legislators voting against protecting the safety of the country, are acting in a selfish and evil way.
Change their minds, or them out of the way.
I ask you to help and protect the legislators who are against these selfish legislators.
You are the Lord of lord and the Savior.
Please protect the USA. Amen
DEAR LORD GOD
PLEASE EXPOSETHE PERVERSE TREASON OF THE ISLAMIC DEMOCRAT PARTY. MAKE THEM LOSE EVERYTHING AS THEY ARE TRAITORS, COWARDS, CHILD MUTILATORS, PEDOPHILES. THEY TRIED TO NORMALIZE PEDOPHELIA BUT FAILED, SO THEY CHANGED THE STATUTEOF LIMITATIONS WHILE THEIR PEDOPRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WENT INSANE.
I ASK IN JESUS’ NAME
AMEN
Those 2 individuals shot made a bad choice in that those chose to side with illegals against the we the people so their death is on them and the demoncrats and socialist media that spread lies. Schumer has completely sold his soul to satan in exchange for the lowly earthly power he has and he is taking all in the democratic party who blindly follow his lead when they should seek God’s guidance. There is a hell and those who continue to push or follow satan’s evils will end up there if they don’t repent of their sins. I pray that God’s Son Jesus Christ take care of this evil and I trust in God. 😇😇😇
Heavenly Father, we pray for release of the destructive spirit of divisiveness, the spirit of hatred, the spirit of rebellion, the spirit of retaliation to go back to the tunnels from where they came. We decree that the destructive nature that is abounding in the chambers be controlled and broken by Your plans for Your wrath on these spirits. We pray for a spirit of accountability to take hold and replace the stronghold of unaccountability. For it is written in Romans 2:5 – “But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgement will be revealed.” God help us! Come quickly and break this stronghold! In the authority of Your Will and name, we pray, AMEN
I was led this morning during prayer time to reflect on on call in 2 Corinthians 5 to carry out a ministry of reconciliation as Ambassadors for Christ. We are admonished as well in Matthew 6:14-15 to ask for forgiveness for those who sin against us (or against righteousness and justice in the public square which directly impacts us) before the Lord will forgive us. May we begin to practice this to bring healing and relief to the terrible divide we are experiencing in our political arena. Let us truly seek the Lord for the oppositions forgiveness to release our Lord’s grace and mercy on our Nation and on the public square.
Let Jesus’s name and righteousness be poured into this cauldron of chaos that plagues our national discord. In Jesus’ powerful and wonderful Name. Amen. & Amen.
This will be somewhat off-topic from the article posted. But it needs Spirit lead intercession. What the Lord has shown me about the sleeper cells that are in America-they are surely here. The IRGC took full advantage of the four years of our open borders. They set us up with sleeper cells. How does that work? Ideally, the IRGC head (Khameini) would use communication devices to signal whichever sleeper cells he/they want activated at any given time.
However, that head has now been decapitated, and all of the infrastructure for communication has been destroyed.
Destroy the brain, cells die.
We are at an advantageous point in this as intercessors. We need to take advantage of this window before somehow communications could possibly be restored. I’m not saying they’ll be restored. We should pray over that too.
But the enemy regroups, we know that.
Another factor in this process is that the sleeper cells do not communicate with each other and don’t know where each other live. That is to protect their anonymity otherwise if one was discovered all would be discovered. That is to our advantage big time! I think they’re out there shaking in their boots wondering what will happen now that their nation and evil government has been so disrupted. Ask the Lord in your individual prayer times what he would have you pray over this. I believe it’s a prime opportunity to deal with the sleeper cells here in America. An open window of opportunity, but I don’t know how long it will be open.
Let’s don’t be found reacting if and when they activate. Let’s be proactive NOW as led by the Holy Spirit. Amen.
THANK YOU, POTUS TRUMP. Continue the work started to expose the garbage in this swamp of ill repute. Continue your work to bring back reality and life into our big beautiful country, especially during this year of celebrating 250 years of FREEDOM and Federalist Republicanism. Continue holding both sides – GOP as well as the DNC – to what is good for America, not for each party or individuals and special groups.
Senate just looking for a way to get out of town for a holiday.
IMO this DHS thing while important is being used to distract from more important issues. And probably the most important of those is our election integrity and the SAVE act. Republicans in the Senate are contributing to the loss of Congress to the Democrats if this act isn’t passed and implemented by midterms. Pray that they get that done.
It is so easy to contact your Senator. I have mine twice on this issue. And would suggest you do the same.
I have prayed for these two agencies that are manned by Americans with Families to protect our nation from insurgents that go towards great links to harm America, and its patriotic citizens. I pray Lord that you expose those who have evil intentions against this country. In Jesus name Amen 🙏🏽
Apparently, the Senate is still controlled by Democrats that want to continue Open Borders policies. New York and Los Angeles are the best examples of the effect of Open borders-both cities are becoming third world countries. Some democrats have infiltrated the Senate and Schumer continues being the leader of the Majority. Same is happening with ID requirements and the termination of Mail in Vote. While the Congress do not approve that only American Citizens have the right to vote-and that they have to present their IDs to vote, democrats will have majority in the Congress, as they have it in this moment-despite anyone say that Republicans have majority-but they don’t.
We need to pray over this ridiculous 60 vote thing. How is that fair and balanced based on a the meaning of the word “majority.” We have the majority yet we have to find 10 more votes over and above that majority. Therefore, in fact, that puts the minority party, the Democrats in control of the Senate. Anybody else find something wrong with that?
Lord, your word says that you detest false weights and balances and this surely is one. We ask that you would bring into balance, true balance, the Senate based on real numbers. Lord, remove this false interpretation of the filibuster that is actually holding everything back, and giving the enemy the upper hand in the Senate.
We the people, we, God‘s people, declare and discree that this rectification be made. However, you can do that Lord!
And to make the point even more clear, who would take a bet that when Democrats control Senate (heaven forbid–literally), the filibuster would be honored when it could stop their pet projects like impeaching President Trump yet again?
Lord, these godless, narcissistic politicians are exhausting. Please raise up God fearing men and women to speak out loud “thus says the Lord” to lead our country out of its apostasy before we are given over to our own tyranny.
Heavenly Father, Creator of the Universe and every member of the Senate in the US Congress, we pray for the Democratic Party to desist, stop blocking the pay of federal workers, confess their selfishness, repent before You Lord, and acquiesce to the SAVE AMERICA Act’s original intent of making American elections honest and truthful in every respect.
When God’s work is being done, as I believe it is via President Trump, satanic forces will try to intervene. Lord Jesus, please protect us from these dark forces trying to destroy our country/ Your will.
Just more political posturing in Washington. How sad. Why can’t the Dems and Republicans just learn to work together? These shutdowns affect the lives of everyday American people. The politicians in D.C. need to stop playing games, and pass a budget. Lord Jesus, I pray that You intervene, and give our leaders wisdom, guidance, and direction that is needed in what needs to happen to end this stalemate. Thank You Jesus.
All while the Coast Guard is ignored and is not given the opportunity to be ready for mission!!! May the Lord help the men and women of the Coast Guard!!!
I as an active Believer know our God IS in control regardless of what man causes or does contrary to His plan. I’m praying believing for God’s Will to be accomplished.
It is truly sad that our representatives cannot put our citizens and country above partisan politics. You were elected to serve the people not yourselves. Please do your jobs. You should not get paid if others do not get paid. Praying for you all!
AMEN!!!
The Democrats complained two people were already dead because if DHS immigration thing, but look at now, two Pilots are already dead and many injured as there is not enough air-traggic controllers , neither security personnel as they are not paid and they have left for elsewhere to look work.
I personally witnessed the same at the airport last October myself.
Father I bring my frustration about this to You!! I pray against this division in the place of our government that is supposed to be looking out for the protection and the best interests of the people who elected them.
I bind every evil spirit driving this political division across our nation and loose Holy Spirit to bring unity so that the people who have been working without pay to protect our borders, and our very lives as well as TSA workers can receive pay to care for their families.
And Father, I ask that the people who elected those members of the Senate that voted against supporting ICE and TSA workers IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT – THEN WENT HOME FOR EASTER BREAK – will not vote for them in November!!! Let this be a wake up call to all who voted for them!
I ask You once again: turn the hearts of the people of America back to You Father! In Jesus Name! 🙏
AMEN!!! It is past time for those in the Senate to not receive any pay if people who are working so hard to keep the people of this country safe and our borders safe do not receive their paychecks! I pray FATHER, that every person in the Senate who is holding these agents paychecks hostage WILL be removed from their ELECTED position in November in the Mighty and Powerful Name of JESUS!!!
IT IS TIME FOR A NEW LAW. IF CONGRESS DOESN’T GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER THEY DO NOT GET PAID. IF THEY DON’T PAY OUR CITIZENS THAT PROTECT OUR COUNTRY DURING THEIR DECISION MAKING THEY DON’T GET PAID EITHER. DEMOCRATS HURT OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE PAYING THEIR WAGES. IF ANYTHING THE CITIZEN WORKERS SHOULD GET PAID AND THE CONGRESS SHOULD NOT GET PAID.
AMEN!!! AMEN!!! AMEN!!!
Amen to that!
Dear Father I pray for Mike Johnson to see the truth and support the Senate in getting this bill passed before Easter break. Trump already showed the have the money to pay them .
Ice is getting paid and their trading needs to be improved. which they also have the money Todo.
Amen!
Lord we pray for our government, it is a true mess when you care more about politics than people you’re suppose to serve. The government no longer serves the people, but only themselves. Congress should not be paid at all and no back pay for them either. Please make a way where there seems to be no way. Only you can help us. In Jesus name.