White House, Democratic Leaders Still in Deadlock Over Homeland Security Funding
February 23, 2026
Funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lapsed Feb. 13, and lawmakers seem no closer to ending the impasse over requested changes in the federal spending bill related to Immigration and Customs Enforcement practices than they were two weeks earlier when a 10-day stopgap measure was enacted Feb 3.
Caught in the middle is $32 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which provides funding for U.S. disaster response and cleanup, as well as projects to make infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather events.
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