Lee calls on Senate to ditch spring recess, reconvene to fund DHS

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

03/28/26 4:22 PM ET


Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Saturday called on his Senate colleagues to cut their two-week recess short and return to Washington, as funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hangs in the balance.

“If you don’t want to fight fires, don’t become a firefighter. If you don’t want to take grueling votes at difficult hours and sometimes have to work longer than you want to, maybe you shouldn’t become a United States senator,” Lee said candidly during an appearance on Fox News.

The Senate left for Easter recess after passing by unanimous consent a proposal to fund the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other critical DHS agencies, without money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, early Friday morning. The late-night deal came after weeks of negotiations aimed at ending the shutdown, which began on Feb. 14 over Democrats’ demands for sweeping changes in immigration enforcement operations.

Later Friday, the House passed a Republican-crafted bill that funded the entire agency — including ICE and Border Patrol — at current levels for eight weeks, then also left town. The differing approaches meant lawmakers were no closer to breaking the stalemate, prolonging a shutdown that is disrupting air travel across the country due to mounting TSA staffing challenges.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5805993-lee-calls-on-senate-to-ditch-spring-recess-reconvene-to-fund-dhs/

[C Moon]

1. These right wing freaks are so excited about DHS. That tells us that DHS needs to be put under a microscope.

[70sEraVet]

2. The Senate reached a BIPARTISAN deal!

Tell Mike Johnson that his side already took too many months off, trying to avoid a vote on releasing Epstein files! In this case, they just voted along party-lines to pass a dead-end bill, and went home again.
Firefighters, indeed! Fighting fires takes BALLS!

[BumRushDaShow]

3. They won't remind people about how the House was not in session

for 54 days last fall - House to return to laundry list of controversies after 7-week hiatus

Adelita Grijalva had to wait that long after her special election to finally be sworn in.

[Zambero]

4. Hell just froze over

Now if a handful of GOP House members will opt to grow a spine... But not holding my breath.

[travelingthrulife]

5. So this is what gets these low down freaks to work overtime, huh?