How the Homeland Security deal unraveled and split Republican leaders in Congress

Nbcwashington · Mar 28, 2026 · 909 words · By Joey Cappelletti; Stephen Groves; Mary Clare Jalonick; The Associated Press

Partisan conflict between Senate and House Republicans Government shutdown implications Legislative gridlock

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“the Senate appeared to have finally figured out how to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security before it faced the longest partial shutdown in U.S. history”

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Wikipedia entries about DHS and its structure do not mention any funding negotiations or shutdown-related deals. No corroboration found in provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior, home, or public security ministrie…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of homeland security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the federal department tasked with border control, counterterrorism and other aspects…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is the chief oversight committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over matters related to the Departmen…
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“Senators handed House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., their deal and headed for the airports, seemingly confident of success”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Michael Johnson (born January 30, 1972) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 56th speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Republican Part…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On October 3, 2023, the United States House of Representatives voted to remove its speaker, Kevin McCarthy of California, through a motion to vacate filed by Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, a fe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House or House speaker, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives, the lowe…
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“Then it collapsed. Spectacularly.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The deputy secretary of homeland security is the chief operating officer of the United States Department of Homeland Security, with responsibility for managing day-to-day operations. The department ha…
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“An incensed Johnson marched out of his office Friday afternoon. He angrily rebuked the plan that the Senate had unanimously agreed to as a 'joke.'”

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“the collapse of the deal leaves Congress, now on a two-week spring break, with no easy way out of the impasse that has put DHS into a shutdown since mid-February”

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“Thune had negotiated for weeks with Democratic senators on their demands for new restrictions on the department's immigration enforcement work”

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“the deal would not include funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and for U.S. Border Patrol”

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“Thune pointed out that Congress had allotted money for immigration enforcement”

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“Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., said that on a GOP conference call that morning to discuss their path forward, a few dozen members ranging from moderates to hard-line conservatives spoke in opposition to what the Senate had done”

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