House Democrats rally behind DHS funding bill as GOP balks
The Senate-passed legislation “should be brought to the floor immediately,” Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said.
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House GOP leaders push DHS funding bill through May
There’s little certainty this plan, which rejects the Senate-passed deal, will bring an end to the extended agency shutdown.
Jeffries presses Johnson to pass Senate DHS bill; open to helping GOP with rule
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) threw his weight behind the Senate-passed bill to reopen the Homeland Security Department (DHS), declaring it a victory for Democrats because it funds airport screeners but not immigration enforcement operations. After huddling with other House Democrats in the Capitol basement, Jeffries urged Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to bring the…
‘Not a done deal’: Johnson stays mum as House GOP steams over DHS deal
The speaker is confronting an internal backlash on the Senate-passed bill.
First Democrats call for Cherfilus-McCormick to resign over ethics findings
Two lawmakers became the first Democrats to call on Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) to resign after the House Ethics Committee found the lawmaker committed dozens of ethics violations. The committee revealed Friday morning that their Adjudicatory Subcommittee was able to prove 25 out of 27 allegations against Cherfilus-McCormick, finding she funded her 2021 House campaign…
Freedom Caucus slams Senate DHS deal, complicating path to swift passage
The House Freedom Caucus is expressing strong opposition to a Senate deal to fund the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), complicating the path for the bill to pass swiftly in the House. Members of the hard-line conservative caucus said they want a bill that includes a voter ID measure and would fund…
Sam Graves pulls reelection plans, will retire from Congress
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), the chair of the House Transportation Committee, announced Friday that he will not seek reelection and will retire from Congress at the end of his term. Graves, 62, wrote in a morning post on the social platform X that the decision to end his 26-year congressional career came “after considerable reflection.”…