The US House of Representatives on Thursday took no action on a compromise measure that would end the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), raising questions about how much longer the record-long funding lapse will persist. The agreement was derailed when House Republicans rejected the Senate bill, and instead passed their own legislation funding all of the DHS for 60 days. House Republicans appeared to cave on Wednesday, when John Thune, the Republican Senate majority leader, and his counterpart in the lower chamber, the speaker, Mike Johnson, agreed to drop the House’s bill and advance the Senate measure. “House Republicans own the longest government shutdown in history,” the Senate’s Democratic minority leader, Chuck Schumer, said in a statement after the House convened. “Funding for ICE and CBP must never be separated from DHS funding,” Keith Self, a member of House Freedom caucus, wrote on X on Wednesday.

Source: The Guardian April 02, 2026 17:47 UTC