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House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune jointly announced their funding plan.
They say it includes Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as CBP and ICE.
Democrats have been blocking funding for immigration enforcement in a push for reform, such as body-worn cameras and a ban on masks.
after federal officers killed two American citizens in Minnesota.
The GOP leaders say they'll use a budget process known as reconciliation to avoid the need for Democratic support in the Senate, which typically has a 60-vote threshold to pass this kind of legislation.
If successful, their plan would fund DHS for three years past the end of Trump's time in the White House.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, Washington.
A White House memo directs DHS to move money around to pay 60,000 TSA employees.
Democrats in Congress are withholding money from all of DHS, including
TSA in hopes of changing how immigration agents can conduct themselves.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has so far refused to take up a unanimous Senate deal that funds all non-immigration functions at DHS as these negotiations continue.
Democratic Representative Adam Smith said on Fox News Sunday that Johnson is making a mistake.
We can have that debate and fund TSA if Mike Johnson would just let us vote on what every single senator supported.
With Trump in their corner, though, House Republicans haven't shown any signs of budging.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, Washington.
A White House memo directs DHS to move money around to pay 60,000 TSA employees.
Democrats in Congress are withholding money from all of DHS, including TSA, in hopes of changing how immigration agents can conduct themselves.