House Speaker Mike Johnson Faces Intra-Party Gridlock Over DHS Funding, Immigration Enforcement, and Section 702

The House must pass three linked measures: a bipartisan DHS appropriations bill to end the 72-day shutdown by June 1; a budget resolution funding ICE and CBP by April 30 for a Trump-requested immigration reconciliation; and a short-term Section 702 extension. A farm bill with a pesticide-liability clause also awaits action.

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Johnson’s GOP caucus is split. Freedom Caucus seeks warrant safeguards and a digital ban in Section 702. Chip Roy ties DHS funding to a secure White House ballroom. Make America Healthy Again opposes a farm-bill clause shielding pesticide makers. Warren Davidson says immigration plan is too narrow; Tom Kean Jr. absent.

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Johnson warned DHS will run out of money, called the Senate funding bill “problematic” and “haphazardly drafted.” Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the $10 billion rainy-day fund will soon be exhausted, leaving thousands unpaid. The White House stressed urgency after the shooting.

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Hard-liners demand DHS funding include a secure ballroom and ICE/CBP financing. Freedom Caucus says Section 702 lacks warrant safeguards. Make America Healthy Again calls farm-bill pesticide clause a shield; farm-state Republicans say it merely clarifies labeling. Moderates warn Senate plan risks a second reconciliation vote; Democrats refuse DHS funding without immigration enforcement.

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Johnson calls Senate DHS bill “problematic,” but members say it can be fixed. Pesticide clause is a shield to Make America Healthy Again coalition, a labeling clarification to farm-state Republicans. Democrats refuse DHS funding without immigration enforcement; Republicans say shooting should trigger a vote. Paychecks from $10 billion fund are unspecified.

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• “We have to move DHS funding because it’s urgent. As the secretary of Homeland Security has said. We are out of money. He is out of money at the end of this week. Democrats have been playing games with this. It’s very dangerous as demonstrated Saturday night. We got to get the job done,” — Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House

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• “We need to use reconciliation 2.0 to deliver the full agenda the American people sent us to accomplish. The train is leaving the station, and we need to load it up.” — Warren Davidson, Representative, Ohio

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• “Any consideration of DHS reconciliation instructions this week & beyond should provide for construction of a secure ballroom on White House grounds,” — Chip Roy, Representative, Texas

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• “I gotta suspect they are gonna have a rules issue and then maybe only then when they faceplant a second time, will they decide it’s time to work with Democrats,” — Jim Himes, Representative, Connecticut

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Johnson must secure the immigration-funding vote by April 30 and move the full DHS appropriations bill to the floor before June 1. A revised Section 702 proposal is expected this week, and leaders will hold closed-door talks on a broader “Reconciliation 3.0” package ahead of the November midterms. King Charles III’s visit on Thursday will further compress the schedule.

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