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The address is part of a U.S.
state visit that will also include a White House state dinner with President Trump.
The DHS budget measure stalled in the Senate for weeks as Democrats demanded immigration enforcement reforms in exchange for their votes to approve funding.
The chamber finally broke the impasse after Republicans agreed to approve funding for most of the agency aside from some components that included ICE and Border Patrol.
House Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed the Senate measure as a, quote, joke.
Instead, the House passed a measure to temporarily extend funding in full for the Department of Homeland Security through late May.
The vote effectively ensured that the ongoing shutdown at DHS continues with no clear end in sight.
Lawmakers have already left Washington for a planned two-week recess.
To restart DHS funding, Senate Republicans need votes from Democrats who are holding out for a deal that includes reforms to immigration enforcement.
But both sides remain far apart, and now President Trump is demanding the Senate pair DHS funding with a new partisan voting proposal.
Here's Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
Democrats argue Republicans can fund TSA and other DHS components today since they already directed major appropriations to the agency's immigration enforcement in a partisan law.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is largely immune from the shutdown due to a major funding boost from Republicans' so-called One Big Beautiful Bill last year.
However, other agencies under the DHS umbrella, such as the Coast Guard, the TSA, and FEMA, have to furlough workers while those in critical roles work without pay.
To advance the appropriations bill in the Senate, Republicans need votes from Democrats.
However, Democrats want changes to how federal immigration agents do their jobs.