The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down for 59 days. GOP leaders are meeting Tuesday hoping to hash out next steps for a funding plan to quickly end it.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson will get together for their weekly meeting as Republicans stare down President Donald Trump’s June 1 deadline to pass a party-line reconciliation bill that would restore lapsed DHS dollars for immigration enforcement.
Thune said Monday he would pursue an “anorexic” measure narrowly focused on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. Republicans hope that path will allow them to bypass Democrats while…
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