The record-long shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security is slated to continue indefinitely, with Congress in recess for the next two weeks and the Republican majority unable to agree on a path forward.
On Sunday, Senate Republican leaders were attempting to renegotiate a deal with Democrats to fund DHS, but that effort appeared to quickly hit a dead end.
Then, during Monday morning’s pro forma session of the Senate, Republicans did not try to pass the stopgap funding measure House Republicans passed last week after rejecting the Senate’s bipartisan deal.
The impasse means DHS agencies — including FEMA — will remain unfunded for the foreseeable future, keeping some workers furloughed, stymieing efforts on disaster response and cyber threats, and plunging the nation’s domestic security into further uncertainty.
