The House voted Thursday to pass a bill that would end the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security after more than 70 days.
The House passed legislation that would end the shutdown via voice vote, a parliamentary tactic that does not put lawmakers on record in favor or against. The legislation now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk, where he is expected to sign it shortly.
The legislation funds every part of the DHS except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its sister agency, Customs and Border Protection. The other two agencies are already funded partially by money appropriated by Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) plan to move an additional $70 billion for ICE and CBP through a party-line process known as budget reconciliation by June 1. Reconciliation allows some tax and spending measures to skirt the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold. Given Democratic opposition to funding ICE, budget reconciliation was the only path forward.
Passage by the House comes just in the nick of time. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has publicly warned that the department would run out of emergency funding next week and be unable to pay staff.
