Shutdown talks make little progress as DHS bill stalls in Senate

Senate Democrats blocked a Department of Homeland Security funding for a second time Tuesday, underscoring a shutdown stalemate now in its second week.

Senators voted 50-45 to advance a House-passed DHS bill in their first action on funding for the department since a partial government shutdown started Feb. 14. The bill needed 60 votes to move forward.

President Donald Trump will use part of his State of the Union speech Tuesday evening to encourage Democrats to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. But with lawmakers just returning to Washington from a weeklong recess, the talks…

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