Senate Fails to Advance Homeland Security Funding Bill
While roughly 96 percent of the federal government has been funded, DHS has remained partially shut down since Feb. 13.
The U.S. Capitol building ahead of President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address during his second presidential term in Washington on Feb. 24, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
The Senate on Feb. 24 failed to advance legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), extending the agency’s partial shutdown into its 11th day.
The measure received 50 votes in favor to 45 votes opposed, falling short of the 60 required to overcome a filibuster.
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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.
