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Three Democrats Join Republicans in Supporting DHS Funding Plan

3/29/2026

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Three House Democrats—Rep. Henry Cuellar, Rep. Don Davis, and Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez—broke ranks by voting with 209 Republicans for Speaker Mike Johnson's 60-day DHS funding plan.
They did so despite Hakeem Jeffries' endorsement of a Senate deal that excludes ICE reforms and Gluesenkamp Perez's call to fund DHS while pursuing ICE reforms.
Senate negotiators faced House Republicans' opposition to immigration-enforcement limits, while Johnson emphasized deporting dangerous illegal aliens.

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Three House Democrats—Rep. Henry Cuellar, Rep. Don Davis, and Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez—broke ranks by voting with 209 Republicans for Speaker Mike Johnson's 60-day DHS funding plan.
They did so despite Hakeem Jeffries' endorsement of a Senate deal that excludes ICE reforms and Gluesenkamp Perez's call to fund DHS while pursuing ICE reforms.
Senate negotiators faced House Republicans' opposition to immigration-enforcement limits, while Johnson emphasized deporting dangerous illegal aliens.