Democrats are expected to block a House-passed funding package this afternoon. Republicans and Democrats are also planning to block each other’s proposed stopgap funding bills, meaning the Senate will leave town for a recess week without funding DHS. “I think the White House is pretty close with this offer, to get into a kind of an agreement zone,” Thune maintained. I think the concessions on the part of the administration have been real,” the GOP leader insisted. “I don’t know that there’s any value to or benefit to keeping everybody here, as long as the White House and the Senate Democrats are continuing that discussion,” he said.

Source: CNN February 12, 2026 17:31 UTC