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Johnson Rejects Senate-Passed DHS Bill, Says House Will Vote on Stopgap Plan Instead

The 42-day shutdown has lead to TSA delays at airports around the country.
Johnson Rejects Senate-Passed DHS Bill, Says House Will Vote on Stopgap Plan Instead
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington on Feb. 17, 2026.Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on March 27 he is putting forth a short-term bill to fund all of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for 60 days, instead of the Senate-passed measure to fund most of DHS except its immigration enforcement operations.

“This gambit that was done last night is a joke. I’m quite convinced that it can’t be that every Senate Republican read the language of this bill,” he told reporters.

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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