GOP's DHS Funding Plan: Two Paths to End Shutdown

0:00House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune just laid out a plan to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security and shut down. This record partial government shut down for good. They're rolling out two parallel paths in the coming days, straight from President Trump's playbook, one through the standard appropriations process. The other, via a reconciliation bill, their Republicans might push solo later this year. Earlier this week, things hit a wall when the Senate passed the bill skipping full funding for immigration and customs enforcement in Border Patrol. While the House okayed 60 days of complete DHS cash, GOP leaders are praising Trump's push to crush what they call the Democrat-led DHS shutdown, but Democrats are already gearing up to fight it, and even some Republicans might balk. Senate Democrats have to play ball on part of this, so it'll be a tense watch as Congress reconvenes after their two-week recess. Could be the breakthrough or just more gridlock ahead. We've been listening to Canada News today, AI-powered local news.