Deal talks intensify as shutdown danger grows
Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin reviews on the DHS invoice and negotiations between the White House and Senate, as the chance of a partial authorities shutdown grows on ‘Special Report.’
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House conservatives are expressing skepticism as Senate Democrats and the White House announce a deal has been reached to fund the federal government with no long-term Department of Homeland Security funding invoice. One House member warned that Republicans mustn’t give in to calls for to “handcuff ICE.”
With any deal reached within the Senate needing approval within the House of Representatives, Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., advised Fox News Digital that “[Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer’s current demands, compounded by a lack of conservative priorities, are an absolute non-starter” within the decrease chamber.
“With Chuck Schumer’s demands to handcuff ICE and his Democrat colleagues threatening to shut down the government over it, this is yet another example of the radical Left prioritizing criminals over American citizens,” mentioned Harris.
Schumer, D-N.Y., and President Donald Trump labored over a deal from late night time Wednesday till Thursday night after the highest Senate Democrat unleashed a number of funding calls for and the White House accused Schumer of blocking a gathering with rank-and-file Democrats.
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US Capitol Building at sundown. (Emma Woodhead/Fox News Digital)
“The separation of the five bipartisan bills the Democrats asked for + the two-week DHS [continuing resolution] has been agreed to,” Schumer mentioned in an announcement.
In response, one House conservative remarked to Fox News Digital, “We’re still looking at what is being discussed in the deal, but 14 days is awfully short.”
“We sure think we should be getting something out of this deal when it’s Democrats who are threatening shutdown, not Republicans,” the House member mentioned.
Not all House Republicans have been in opposition to the compromise. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., reacted on X, “I stand with @POTUS, a shutdown will only hurt the American people. I will vote YES on this package should it make it through the Senate!”
In a Truth Social publish on Thursday night, Trump urged the GOP to comply with the deal, saying, “Hopefully, both Republicans and Democrats will give a very much-needed bipartisan ‘YES’ Vote.”
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The White House and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., reached an settlement to fund the federal government on Thursday, sidelining the controversial DHS funding invoice within the course of. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)
The president continued that the “only thing that can slow our Country down is another long and damaging Government Shutdown.”
“I am working hard with Congress to ensure that we are able to fully fund the Government, without delay,” Trump mentioned. “Republicans and Democrats in Congress have come together to get the vast majority of the Government funded until September, while at the same time providing an extension to the Department of Homeland Security (including the very important Coast Guard, which we are expanding and rebuilding like never before).”
The deal brokered between the 2 would see the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding invoice stripped from the broader six-bill package deal. Schumer and Democrats have been adamant that if the invoice have been sidelined, they’d vote for the remaining 5, which incorporates funding for the Pentagon.
Their settlement additionally tees up a short-term funding extension, recognized as a seamless decision (CR), for 2 weeks to maintain the company funded whereas lawmakers negotiate restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
If handed within the Senate, the deal would nonetheless have to cross the House once more. With lawmakers there not anticipated again in Washington till Feb. 2, three days after the Jan. 30 funding deadline, a short partial authorities shutdown is all however sure.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., has but to weigh in on the deal. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Tensions have been boiling over within the House over the prospect of the Senate’s compromise on DHS.
Caucus member Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., advised Fox News Digital through textual content message on Thursday, “THE HOUSE DID OUR JOB BY PASSING THE REMAINING SIX APPROPRIATION BILLS TO THE SENATE AND THERE IS NO RATIONAL REASON TO REMOVE DHS FROM THE APPROVAL PROCESS.”
Norman accused Democrats of attempting to “demonize” and “bludgeon” DHS, including, “IF THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN, ‘DO IT’!!”
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Meanwhile, Mark Bednar, a GOP strategist and former spokesperson for then Speaker Kevin McCarthy, advised Fox News Digital that “President Trump wants to ensure that our troops, air traffic controllers, and DHS patriots are on the job and get paid, and this path will help ensure they do that.”
“It’s now on Democrats to negotiate in good faith with President Trump so that the homeland is secured with a long-term funding bill – because that’s what the American people want and deserve,” mentioned Bedner.
Fox News Digital’s Alex Miller contributed to this report.
Peter Pinedo is a politics author for Fox News Digital.
