Republican Rep. Nick Langworthy is pushing Speaker Mike Johnson to call up the stalled Homeland Security funding bill passed by the Senate for an immediate House vote following the weekend shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that targeted President Donald Trump and top federal officials.
Langworthy, a New Yorker who sits on the House Rules Committee and is strongly aligned with Johnson, told the speaker Monday he is urging “immediate consideration” of the Senate-approved bill funding most of DHS, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO.
Facing a Republican rebellion in their ranks, Johnson and fellow GOP leaders have been pushing to move the Senate-passed bill, which senators approved unanimously April 2, only after the House is able to make progress on a separate, party-line measure to fund immigration enforcement agencies. But that situation is growing increasingly untenable after Saturday’s shooting and recent warnings from Trump officials that DHS is running out of emergency funding as a record shutdown extends past 10 weeks.
“There is no time for delay. As put on full display for the American people with the attack surrounding the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this weekend, our country remains at risk,” Langworthy wrote in the letter. “While we continue to have significant work ahead to fully fund immigration enforcement through the reconciliation process, we should demonstrate clearly that we are committed to delivering solutions at the earliest possible moment.”
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