Trump backs Senate government funding deal that includes DHS extension
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2026.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday approved a Senate agreement to fund the vast majority of the federal government through the remainder of the fiscal year.
Trump’s approval is likely to significantly facilitate passage of the six-bill funding package the Senate is considering with just over a day to go before a partial government shutdown. Senators reached a deal shortly before Trump’s announcement, agreeing to remove funding for the Department of Homeland Security from the package and pass five other bills; DHS will be funded on an interim basis.
“Republicans and Democrats in Congress came together to ensure the vast majority of the Government is funded through September, while also providing an expansion of the Department of Homeland Security (including the crucial Coast Guard, which we are expanding and rebuilding like never before),” Trump said in a statement on Truth Social. he said. to mail.
“I hope both Republicans and Democrats will deliver the much-needed bipartisan ‘YES’ vote,” he said.
The Senate is expected to begin considering the revised bill Thursday night, which would provide funding for the Departments of Defense, Treasury, State, Health and Human Services, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation and Education. Democrats demanded repeal of the DHS portion of the bill after two U.S. citizens were shot and killed by federal immigration officers in Minnesota this month.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) office said shortly before Trump’s announcement that an agreement had been reached to separate the DHS portion from the rest of the bill. Schumer’s office said the stopgap for DHS will provide funding for two weeks.
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