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Senate Passes DHS Funding, Adds Shutdown Fairness Act

4/23/2026

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Senate voted 52-46 to advance a budget resolution that funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, ending Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown.
Republican senators introduced the Shutdown Fairness Act to guarantee pay for workers and the Prevent Government Shutdown Act to trigger two-week funding stopgaps.
Speaker Mike Johnson said Senate DHS funding bill will proceed if it contains the Shutdown Fairness Act, averting shutdown before November election.

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Senate voted 52-46 to advance a budget resolution that funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, ending Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown.
Republican senators introduced the Shutdown Fairness Act to guarantee pay for workers and the Prevent Government Shutdown Act to trigger two-week funding stopgaps.
Speaker Mike Johnson said Senate DHS funding bill will proceed if it contains the Shutdown Fairness Act, averting shutdown before November election.