White House urges immediate House action on DHS funding resolution

The Trump administration has pressed the House of Representatives to "immediately" pass a Senate-approved budget resolution aimed at restoring funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

In a memorandum released Tuesday, the White House Office of Management and Budget’s legislative affairs team called on lawmakers to approve the measure "as passed by the Senate" to enable swift advancement of a reconciliation bill that would fully fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol for the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term.

"Failure to pass the budget resolution immediately will jeopardize paychecks for the DHS personnel that keep the Homeland safe," according to the memo.

The Senate bill would fund the DHS, except for expanded immigration enforcement efforts tied to ICE, which Democrats oppose.

Republicans have declined to act on the measure since the Senate approved it nearly a month ago as the partial shutdown stretches into its 10th week.

On Monday, House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters that the Senate-passed bill has “some problematic language, because it was haphazardly drafted.”

He argued that the bill would “orphan” two of the primary agencies of the DHS. "We have a modified version that I think is going to be much better for both chambers," he said.

Trump called on House Republicans to back the budget blueprint and get a final bill to his desk by June 1.

Meanwhile, the House scrapped scheduled votes Tuesday afternoon amid uncertainty over whether they had sufficient backing to overcome a critical procedural step needed to advance several bills.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized House Republicans on Monday over the ongoing partial shutdown, and urged immediate action on a bipartisan Senate-approved funding bill.