House GOP, Trump Push for DHS Funding, Senate Balks

0:00On March 27, House Republicans are locked in a standoff with the Senate overfunding for the Department of Homeland Security. Speaker Mike Johnson just finished a two-hour call with his colleagues and slammed the Senate's latest bill, calling it unacceptable. Now the House plans to push a stopgap measure to fund the whole department at current levels for two months. Johnson says President Trump spoke with him right before the press conference and fully backs the plan. The House hopes the Senate takes it up as early as Monday. The Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer already called it dead on arrival, insisting they won't approve full funding for immigration enforcement without changes. Travelers are filling the pain from the partial shutdown. TSA lines are backing up nationwide, with unpaid screeners causing major delays. At Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport waits hit four hours on Friday. Some of the worst in history. The largest pilots union is urging Congress to act before spring recess next week. One more retirement hit.

1:00House Republicans, as Missouri representative Sam Graves, chair of the Transportation Committee announced he'll step down in. January. Meanwhile, Trump posted on true social about a big economy speech coming up in Miami and said the military operation in Iran is going great. Iran's response to a US peace proposal is due any moment now after they reviewed demands on their nuclear program and missiles. With the shutdown dragging on and talks heating up overseas, lawmakers face tough choices ahead.