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Congress already passed a continuing resolution that keeps Homeland Security operating, yet Republican posts insist Democrats are ‘refusing to fund’ the agency after the Correspondents’ Dinner shooting. The false charge flips responsibility for a budget standoff and uses the violent incident to demand political concessions.

44 gov accounts · 70 gov posts First seen: April 26, 2026 at 13:24 UTC Fund · Dhs · Democrats · Homeland · Homeland Security · Secret Service

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Congress already passed a continuing resolution that keeps Homeland Security operating, yet Republican posts insist Democrats are ‘refusing to fund’ the agency after the Correspondents’ Dinner shooting. The false charge flips responsibility for a budget standoff and uses the violent incident to demand political concessions.

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Closest echo 65%

House Republicans readying new DHS funding bill 73 days into shutdown. WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed that House Republicans will take up a brand-new funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, 73 days into the partial government shutdown. At the start of the month,

News · New York Post · 5d after origin · source →
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'Unconscionable:' Alabama senators blast Democrats over funding in wake of DC attack. Alabama senators are calling on Congress to quickly approve funding for the Department of Homeland Security after another assassination attempt against President Donald Trump. Sen. Katie Britt said Democrats should green light funding for the agency,

News · al.com · 5d after origin · source →

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News New York Post 4mo ago 65%

House Republicans readying new DHS funding bill 73 days into shutdown. WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed that House Republicans will take up a brand-new funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, 73 days into the partial government shutdown. At the start of the month,

News CNN.com 4mo ago 63%

Senate takes key step toward funding ICE and border patrol with only GOP votes. The GOP effort tofundImmigration and Customs Enforcement andborder patrolwithout any Democratic

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 63%

Senator, if Senate Democrats aren’t lining up to rubber‑stamp more money for ICE and CBP, that’s not some mystery. That’s them doing the job their voters sent them to do. They’re representing the will of the people; not the will of whatever orange clown car of chaos keeps demanding blank checks with no accountability. You don’t get to call it ‘refusing to fund security’ when what they’re actually refusing is waste, cruelty, and political theater.

News CNBC 4mo ago 62%

U.S. Senate votes to advance $70 billion funding plan for ICE, Border Patrol. U.S. Senate Republicans voted on Thursday to advance a $70 billion plan tofundthe Immigration and

News AOL 4mo ago 61%

Trump shooting attempt puts heat on Mike Johnson and House Republicans to fund DHS — now. ANALYSIS: Democrats may have started out the gamesmanship on Homeland Security. But, Eric Garcia writes, every day Mike Johnson doesn't pass a spending bill is a day Republicans own the shutdown

News Yahoo 4mo ago 61%

Correspondents' dinner shooting rekindles DHS funding fight: What to know. The shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner has renewed calls from Republicans to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which has been shut down for 73 days over intense political gridlock

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 61%

It is still shut down because Republicans won't agree to reasonable rules and regulations pertaining to ICE and CBP-rules every other law enforcement agency has to follow.

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 61%

The fact that DHS is not fully funded falls on YOU, Amodei. You’re the DHS appropriations subcommittee chair and you refuse to deliver a bill to the Senate with common sense restrictions on ICE. This post is literally pointing the finger at yourself.

News govexec.com 4mo ago 61%

Senate advances GOP budget blueprint to boost ICE and Border Patrol funding

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 60%

Dems were willing to fund DHS all along. They simply wanted ICE to follow the same best practices required of all other law enforcement agencies to protect Americans. Why don't Republicans want to protect Americans?

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 60%

Dems were willing to fund DHS all along. They simply wanted ICE to follow the same best practices required of all other law enforcement agencies to protect Americans. Why don't Republicans want to protect Americans?

Twitter Bill Oxenford @BOxenford34939 4mo ago 60%

Democrats in Congress do not want to fund ICE & the Border Patrol. Why? For open borders & to keep illegal immigrants in the U.S.? If so Democrats have a huge problem this November.

News USA TODAY 4mo ago 60%

Is DHS still shut down? What to know about partial government shutdown. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security remains shut down Wednesday, April 29, and it's unclear when it may end after House Speaker Mike Johnson floated changes to an already approved Senate bill that would fund all of the department except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 60%

Nope. Secret Service IS truly amazing and their service deserves to be commended but the rest of her speech is bunk. DHS *IS* funded. GOP just wants additional funding. Previous ICE budgets were ~$6 billion, the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act gave DHS $85 billion (!!) to fund it through September 30, 2029. What is outstanding now is its base budget of around $10 billion. So they still have a TON of money to spend. Also. Dems *are* willing to fund DHS and Border Patrol — as long as common sense rules are put in place to govern their future conduct: —mandatory body cameras —removing masks for identification —restricting operations at "sensitive locations" (schools, hospitals) —requiring judicial warrants —prohibiting racial profiling

News Yahoo 4mo ago 59%

'National emergency': After assassination attempt, White House urges Congress to fund DHS. Karoline Leavitt said Monday that Congress must end the impasse over DHS funding that has been tangled in partisan fighting for three months

Twitter Lana @Lana1148974 4mo ago 59%

@JonathanTurley No way are we not going to not fund ICE & Border Patrol! We need all Law Enforcement, more than ever!

News PolitiFact 4mo ago 59%

Despite a partial government shutdown, Secret Service personnel are receiving paychecks. The Secret Service is part of the Department of Homeland Security, which is currently in a shutdown because lawmakers have not passed the agency’s regular funding bills. In a typical partial

News USA TODAY 4mo ago 58%

Is DHS still shut down? When does Congress vote on funding next?. Then, the House passed its own stopgap funding bill for the agency on March 27 largely along party lines, 213-203. The legislation was already "dead on arrival," without Democratic support, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, declared earlier in the day

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 58%

I think we can say Congress has shut down DHS for 74 days but it’s both of your jobs to negotiate to reopen it. Not just one side, especially when you are the side who has the majority in both chambers.

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 58%

Democrats have repeatedly tried to fund TSA, Secret Service, Coast Guard, and reform ICE and CBP. Work with them on a compromise.

News Boston Herald 4mo ago 58%

White House says funds to pay TSA and other Homeland Security workers will 'soon run out'. The White House is warning Congress that funding to pay Department of Homeland Security personnel will "soon run out," sparking new threats of airport disruptions and national security concerns as the House slow-walks legislation to end what has been the longest-ever lapse in agency funding

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 57%

Nope. Secret Service IS truly amazing and their service deserves to be commended but the rest of her speech is bunk. DHS *IS* funded. GOP just wants additional funding. Previous ICE budgets were ~$6 billion, the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act gave DHS $85 billion (!!) to fund it through September 30, 2029. What is outstanding now is its base budget of around $10 billion. So they still have a TON of money to spend. Also. Dems *are* willing to fund DHS and Border Patrol — as long as common sense rules are put in place to govern their future conduct: —mandatory body cameras —removing masks for identification —restricting operations at "sensitive locations" (schools, hospitals) —requiring judicial warrants —prohibiting racial profiling

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 57%

Nope. Secret Service IS truly amazing and their service deserves to be commended but the rest of her speech is bunk. DHS *IS* funded. GOP just wants additional funding. Previous ICE budgets were ~$6 billion, the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act gave DHS $85 billion (!!) to fund it through September 30, 2029. What is outstanding now is its base budget of around $10 billion. So they still have a TON of money to spend. Also. Dems *are* willing to fund DHS and Border Patrol — as long as common sense rules are put in place to govern their future conduct: —mandatory body cameras —removing masks for identification —restricting operations at "sensitive locations" (schools, hospitals) —requiring judicial warrants —prohibiting racial profiling

News CNN 4mo ago 57%

Hill GOP braces for 'nightmare week' as pressure mounts to end DHS funding standoff. Top Republicans on Capitol Hill have spent 10 weeks struggling to end the bitter stalemate over funding for the Department of Homeland Security

Facebook Joseph 57%

This cuts through the noise and makes a simple point. When threats are rising and violence is real, refusing to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security is not strategy, it is negligence, and the country pays the price for that kind of political brinkmanship.

News The Washington Post 4mo ago 57%

DHS funding is running out. Will the House save the day?. Congress still hasn't passed funding for the Department of Homeland Security, and the emergency funds used to pay DHS staffers are set to run out by early next month. As you probably remember, the last time TSA agents stopped getting paid,

News Fox News 4mo ago 57%

Republicans scramble to fund Secret Service after Trump assassination attempt amid record-breaking shutdown. Republicans demanded swift Secret Service funding after the third apparent assassination attempt on Trump amid the DHS shutdown

News hot96.com 4mo ago 57%

US House Republicans to modify Senate - passed DHS funding bill , courting delay

News mymixfm.com 4mo ago 57%

US House Republicans to modify Senate - passed DHS funding bill , courting delay

News whtc.com 4mo ago 57%

US House Republicans to modify Senate - passed DHS funding bill , courting delay

News kfgo.com 4mo ago 57%

US House Republicans to modify Senate - passed DHS funding bill , courting delay

News wabx.net 4mo ago 57%

US House Republicans to modify Senate - passed DHS funding bill , courting delay

News kelo.com 4mo ago 57%

US House Republicans to modify Senate - passed DHS funding bill , courting delay

News AOL 4mo ago 57%

Senate Republican calls for scrapping filibuster to fund DHS after WHCA dinner shooting. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) says Republicans should "nuke" the Senate's filibuster rule if Democrats continue to block Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding after a possible third assassination attempt against President Trump,

News AOL 4mo ago 57%

Republicans scramble to fund Secret Service after Trump assassination attempt amid record-breaking shutdown. Republicans demanded swift Secret Service funding after the third apparent assassination attempt on Trump amid the DHS shutdown

News Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) 4mo ago 56%

Why Congress is at an impasse over DHS funding and other critical bills. After weeks of internal clashes, House Republicans are struggling to move forward on four major pieces of legislation. Those include extending U.S. surveillance authorities, ending the Department of Homeland Security shutdown and advancing key farm policy — all while managing deep divisions within their own conference

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 56%

Nope. Secret Service IS truly amazing and their service deserves to be commended but the rest of her speech is bunk. DHS *IS* funded. GOP just wants additional funding. Previous ICE budgets were ~$6 billion, the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act gave DHS $85 billion (!!) to fund it through September 30, 2029. What is outstanding now is its base budget of around $10 billion. So they still have a TON of money to spend. Also. Dems *are* willing to fund DHS and Border Patrol — as long as common sense rules are put in place to govern their future conduct: —mandatory body cameras —removing masks for identification —restricting operations at "sensitive locations" (schools, hospitals) —requiring judicial warrants —prohibiting racial profiling

News Fox News 4mo ago 56%

WATCH: Cornyn tears into Dems for holding DHS 'hostage' and failing the No. 1 'non-negotiable' for America. Texas Sen. John Cornyn calls out Democrats for pushing sanctuary policies and keeping DHS defunded, saying they threaten American public safety

News Axios on MSN 4mo ago 56%

GOP leaders duke it out over DHS funding. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are openly clashing over Homeland Security funding,

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 56%

Democrats have repeatedly tried to fund TSA, Secret Service, Coast Guard, and reform ICE and CBP. Work with them on a compromise.

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 56%

Senator, if Senate Democrats aren’t lining up to rubber‑stamp more money for ICE and CBP, that’s not some mystery. That’s them doing the job their voters sent them to do. They’re representing the will of the people; not the will of whatever orange clown car of chaos keeps demanding blank checks with no accountability. You don’t get to call it ‘refusing to fund security’ when what they’re actually refusing is waste, cruelty, and political theater.

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 56%

If the democrats do not want to fund Ice to protect Americans then we should take away their security details as it funded by DHS. Let them pay for their own security details since we the taxpayers are paying for their details. Fully fund DHS now. I feel safer with ICE then democrats.

News International Business Times UK 4mo ago 56%

Senate Republicans Push $70bn Funding for ICE and Border Patrol Only — House Says No and Wants Full DHS Deal. The US is currently grappling with the longest DHS shutdown in US history as Congress remains deadlocked over a $70 billion ICE funding plan

News Yahoo 4mo ago 56%

Trump shooting attempt puts heat on Mike Johnson and House Republicans to fund DHS — now. ANALYSIS: Democrats may have started out the gamesmanship on Homeland Security. But, Eric Garcia writes, every day Mike Johnson doesn't pass a spending bill is a day Republicans own the shutdown

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 55%

Democrats have repeatedly tried to fund TSA, Secret Service, Coast Guard, and reform ICE and CBP. Work with them on a compromise.

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 55%

Senator, if Senate Democrats aren’t lining up to rubber‑stamp more money for ICE and CBP, that’s not some mystery. That’s them doing the job their voters sent them to do. They’re representing the will of the people; not the will of whatever orange clown car of chaos keeps demanding blank checks with no accountability. You don’t get to call it ‘refusing to fund security’ when what they’re actually refusing is waste, cruelty, and political theater.

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 55%

If the border isn’t secure with the wall Mexico was going to pay for, and ICE rounding up all the criminals, sounds like a Trump problem to me.

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 55%

Democrats have repeatedly tried to fund TSA, Secret Service, Coast Guard, and reform ICE and CBP. Work with them on a compromise.

News Sky News Australia 4mo ago 54%

'National emergency': Leavitt calls on Democrats to fund DHS after Trump assassination attempt. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has called on the Democrats to fund the Department of Homeland Security as the partial shutdown drags on

News al.com 4mo ago 54%

'Unconscionable:' Alabama senators blast Democrats over funding in wake of DC attack. Alabama senators are calling on Congress to quickly approve funding for the Department of Homeland Security after another assassination attempt against President Donald Trump. Sen. Katie Britt said Democrats should green light funding for the agency,

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