Latest on DHS shutdown talks as TSA wait times reach historic high
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The Senate voted against moving forward with legislation to fund all of the Department of Homeland Security (again).
WASHINGTON – The Senate on March 25 once again voted against moving forward with a proposal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, a sign that momentum from earlier in the week to end the tumultuous shutdown has slowed.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, said ahead of the vote that it would reflect the GOP's latest offer to fund all of DHS except for ICE's enforcement and removal division. Democrats dug in their heels, uniformly refusing to advance legislation after expressing frustration that a Republican proposal didn't include more immigration enforcement reforms that were recently agreed to by the White House.
Ahead of the vote, a bipartisan group of senators — among them Katie Britt, the Alabama Republican who's been a key negotiator in the talks to end the DHS shutdown — huddled on the floor of the Senate chamber. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, left the encounter shaking his head, telling reporters he was frustrated.
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Also in the huddle was Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats. He said afterward that one of the primary sticking points is that under the GOP's proposed framework, Homeland Security could still use other agents to conduct ICE's enforcement operations.
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