Lawmakers Return to Washington As DHS Shutdown Drags on
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A prolonged Department of Homeland Security shutdown is raising serious concerns as lawmakers return to Washington without a clear path forward. With uncertainty surrounding pay for TSA officers and other DHS employees, the standoff is beginning to impact both national security and everyday Americans.
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From The Hill:
Lawmakers are set to return to Washington this week as questions over future pay for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees — including Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers — loom over efforts to end the partial shutdown.
The impasse follows a last-minute split before the Easter recess, when Senate Republicans advanced a measure to fund most of DHS, but House Republicans rejected it, sending lawmakers home without a deal.
Pressure to end the record-long department shutdown had been building as the funding lapse strained airport operations nationwide. …
This ongoing shutdown reveals how political division in Washington can quickly spill over into real-world consequences. DHS employees, such as TSA officers, are being forced into uncertainty, and that instability weakens critical systems Americans rely on every day. According to The Hill, March 27 saw a dangerous peak as 12.35% of TSA employees called out across the nation, resulting in hours-long lines at airports.
As The Hill notes, President Trump signed an executive order to pay TSA employees retroactively for work performed since the shutdown began in February. However, many view this order as only a temporary fix, as TSA workers still fear what the future may look like without a lasting agreement in Congress.
The divide among Republicans is also playing a major role in prolonging the crisis. While some leaders are attempting to move forward with a phased funding strategy, others strongly oppose splitting DHS funding from immigration enforcement priorities. This internal conflict is slowing resolution efforts and raising questions about whether unity can be achieved in time to prevent further disruption.
This is a critical moment to pray for wisdom and unity among our nation’s leaders. God calls those in authority to act justly and steward their responsibilities well. When confusion and division dominate, it’s up to Intercessors to stand in the gap, asking the Lord to bring change in the areas that politics and executive action cannot reach.
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(Excerpt from The Hill. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – Mike Johnson, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=151760197 and Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – John Thune, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=139918888)
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Dear Lord God, I pray for your righteousness and justice be upon those who work with DHS. Please raise intercessors and prayer groups to pray fervently for this issue. Bless the TSA workers and the ICE workers who risk their lives for the protection of the land and the citizens.
Sorry, My appt. for prayer is 4/15/26, I am taking my husband to Hospital tomorrow for appt. in St. Louis.
GOD, this prayer is about the shutdowns and receiving pay for (TSA) workers, the leftist wing of of a certain party -from the beginning in February set the Dems with words to start a divison in the parties. President Trump has signed an executive order to give TSA some of their money from February, (not March, April). This has placed fear into their words of how to pay their bills? I hear and see that we are in a Crisis mess. This all started over a Voting ID that we wanted the voting ID to be replaced back on the Ballots, the Dems. flat refused they want the Illegals to vote for them -they do not have ID’S if they did they would be False. This is the way the Dems win elections (fraud). been happening for 50 years. We as Christians vote honestly. A few do not have the spirit of God- Jesus, this is rebellion (in it,s most childish way). This rebellion is from the selfiness way of the Dems. not wanting to loose their place in not obtaining power to win. YAHWEH, I am asking for the power of any evil spirit to be broken, that would draw hearts away from the Lord. We, declare that all REBELLION SPIRITS BE BROKEN!!! All of the stubbornness, hardhearted and stiff-necked resistance will be broken so the bill will be signed by the democratics, because JESUS spoke to them, they listened. JESUS, we command with Your given authority to us to use and will be destroyed and the negative attitude of witchcraft to leave in The NAME of JESUS’. YAHWEH, this is a critical time for family members, and willing to humble themselves under the LORD’S hand with mighy prayers. We ask in the name to bring about CHANGE by removing this REBELLIOUS SPIRIT, we ask that GODS SPIRIT will enter their atmosphere and speak to just enough hearts that this honest bill shall pass. In Isaiah 30-1 the scripyures say–” ‘What sorrow awaits my rebellious children, ” says the LORD. ” YOU make plans that are contrary to mine. You make alliances not directed by my Spirit, thus piling up your sins” Interessors pile on GODS WORDS that will break the chain and keep Gods promises. YAHWEH, we have found our hearts that have drifted from YOU. We are finding You to help SAVE AMERICA and keep reminding ourselves to pray against REBELLIOUS -CHILDISH SPIRITS. We are taught of God to Love. Be Blessed and ask to have these prayers answered.
Praying in agreement.
And praying for a good outcome for your husband’s appointment, Priscilla.
“The Lord will perfect that which concerns me.” ~ Psalm 138:8
In Jesus’ Precious Name; amen!
“PRAYERFUL CALL TO ACTION!” President Thomas Jefferson’s Day of Birth, April the 13th, 1743: 283 years ago in Virginia.
“The RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on the 15th of April 1912.
In Memorium after 114 years of one of the Most Tragic Losses, this is a
“Prayerful Call to Action” for all “Ambassadors of Christ” this Wednesday, the 15th of April, 2026.
Ironically, even after President Thomas Jefferson warned after fighting Islam:
“Barbary Wars” 1801–1805 and 1815–1816.
Their stated plan hundreds of years ago was to overpopulate & Take Over the U.S. + much worse! “THEFT-BY-DECEPTION” in NYC + many elections requires Removal of ALL
under Mamdani, but with the same Wisdom in the War with Iran right now. No Muslim can be in any leadership in the U.S. a law was snuck in that changed that. Executive power can get that reversed. Constitutional Crisis from even the Judiciary, see the undone Supreme Court.
We Pray as we are taking on Water right now. Freedom of Religion excludes the violent one, which Islam is: see Iran or we are next, even now are.
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Dems & TDS victims declare will tear the Ballroom down IF back in power, so best get Congress to declare it protected, yes? Vital! GET + Keep those criminal politicians OUT!
I think that all of congress should be the last to get paid. No paycheck until they get funds approved for the rest of the government. They should quit funding demonic agendas and ridiculously unnecessary pet projects that are a waste of our, we the people, dollars. We the people of God are free citizens not the politicians subjects. I trust in God.
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Absolutely agree. They need to have some understanding of the difficulties these employees are facing, although, after saying that they will have sufficient bank accounts for it not to be a problem. Lord I ask you to step in and bring resolution and a return to normality.
Father for Your peace that passes understanding over those who watch over us convict and correct those in error. Encourage those without pay and those who hold control to resolve this situation in Jesus Name!
Father, how can opposing worldviews agree? This impasse between the House and the Senate must be resolved permanently. Would You please intervene? Slash and end ungodliness and unbelief in the God who gave us this Republic. Help opposing sides to find a reason to come together to once again protect Americans, to pay those who work to protect Americans, and resolve issues between parties. May they all find common ground. Let the words “insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare” of the Preamble to our Constitution ring in their ears and their consciences:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Let the mercy and grace of God fall upon our leaders. In Jesus’ name. Amen.