DHS shuts down without funding deal; House and Senate out all week

DHS shut down Saturday morning after Democrats and Republicans were unable to come together on a funding package for the department. Democrats have been slow to accept GOP offers that do not address their main demands in reforming Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Democrats rejected the White House’s latest offer on Thursday, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) labeling it “not serious, plain and simple.”

But immigration operations aren’t the only things that will be impacted. Others, like the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Transportation Security Agency, are also in the department.

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