Cameron Arcand

Now, in context of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown,

That would mean that the Senate would try and pass funding for the department.

You know, I've heard numbers like three years being floated.

I've heard a decade being floated in order to pass that funding for an extended period of time.

However, the reconciliation process is known to be very difficult.

given that it really only applies to a limited set of policies that can pass through that.

However, that might be a method that some Republicans are exploring in order to avoid getting rid of the filibuster, but still reopening the department fully, because that original Senate deal that passed last week left out ICE and Border Patrol from that.

The important thing to remember here is the Democrats originally started the shutdown because it was a concern over federal immigration enforcement funding.

And it had to do with they wanted specific reforms to be made.

As of right now and where these deals are currently passed, does not include any of those reforms.

The Senate bill would just delay those.

And then the House bill, which was only backed by Republicans and three Democrats, would

would fully fund the Department of Homeland Security for 60 days, but also does not include any of those reforms.

So there's obviously a lot of room to kind of discuss here in terms of was this even successful in terms of getting any of those reforms made?

And would there even be a window of opportunity for the Democrats to do something like that further down the line?

Yes, so the House of Representatives voted late on Friday night to fund the entirety of the Department of Homeland Security with a 60-day continuing resolution rejecting a compromise in the Senate passed earlier that morning.

This vote was largely along party lines.

It was 213 to 203 with only three Democrats voting to cross the aisle.

Now, this is a very clear rebuke of the Senate because keep in mind the Senate deal carved out ICE and Border Patrol from that funding.

Now, some of that was already funded through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but there's still a lot of personnel in ICE and Border Patrol that are still not getting paid right now.