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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during as news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
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Johnson rejects Senate-passed bill to fund Homeland Security as a joke and plans vote on alternative
House Republicans are rejecting a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, a revolt that risks delaying a resolution to the funding impasse now in its 42nd day that has created long lines at airports. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday, “This gambit that was done last night is a joke.” Johnson says instead House Republicans will seek to pass a bill that would fund the entire department at current levels until May 22. House Republicans are angry the bill passed by the Senate does not fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. Democrats refuse to fund those departments without changes to immigration enforcement practices.
