House Dems Vote To Continue DHS Shutdown As Senate Blocks Funding Again

House Democrats largely voted Thursday to allow the Department of Homeland Security shutdown to continue, rejecting renewed Republican pressure to pass a funding bill amid heightened tensions with Iran and domestic security concerns.

The House approved a bipartisan DHS funding measure in a 221–209 vote, but all but four Democrats opposed it. Reps. Henry Cuellar of Texas, Jared Golden of Maine, Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez of Washington, and Don Davis of North Carolina broke with their party to support the legislation.